Akwidaa
Sign in to saveAkwidaa is a small town and fishing village in Ahanta West district, Western Region of Ghana. It is one of the southernmost places in Ghana.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Akwidaa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Akwidaa.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Akwidaa and the Gulf of Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ghana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Akwidaa in Western Region, Ghana
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ghana
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Ahanta West Municipal District
- Continent
- Africa
- Elevation
- +0
- Image
- Ezile Bay Beach, Akwidaa.jpg
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Fort Dorothea
- Economy
- Beaches
- See also
- References
- External links
Akwidaa is a small town and fishing village in Ahanta West district, Western Region of Ghana. It is one of the southernmost places in Ghana.
The part of town near the Gulf of Guinea, known as Akiwidaa Old Town, suffers from flooding and erosion as a result of climate change. This is due to its location in a low-lying area adjacent to a wetland and river mouth. This resulted in most of the residents evacuating inland, which would become Akiwidaa New Town.