Aflao
Sign in to saveAflao is a border town in the Ketu South District in the Volta Region of Ghana on the border with Togo. It is the twenty-eighth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 66,546 people (according to a 2012 estimate).
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Aflao
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Border town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Aflao Border view.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Aflao and the Ghana–Togo border
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ghana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Volta Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Volta Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ketu South District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal chief
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hon. Maxwell Koffie Lugudor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_note
- Ranked 28th in Ghana
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- Notable people
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Aflao is a border town in the Ketu South District in the Volta Region of Ghana on the border with Togo. It is the twenty-eighth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 66,546 people (according to a 2012 estimate).
== History == During the Atlantic slave trade, the town grew from interference from the Anlo, towards the west, and Little Popo (Aného) towards the east, located in present-day Togo. During this time, it change hands from the Danish to the British in 1850 due to slavery ending. In 1879, The British added Aflao into the Gold Coast after initially not being included. During the late twentieth century, the border became a site of reincurring tensions. At the peak of the 1982-83 revolution, the town was under constant surveillance as border guards and cadres attempted to enforce a curfew. During this time, from 1986 to 1987, Togolese officers installed a fence along the border's southern stretch after attacks from Ghanaian insurgents.