Dixcove
Sign in to savethumb|A painting by Edith Cheeseman from the 1920s, later printed as a postcard, including an image of Fort Metal Cross and the harbour of Dixcove. Dixcove is a coastal village and a fishing community in the Ahanta West district, a district in the Western Region of South Ghana, located approximately 35 km west of the regional capital of Sekondi-Takoradi. The current Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove is Obrempong Hima Dekyi XIV.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Ahanta West Municipal District
- Continent
- Africa
- Elevation
- +15
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thumb|A painting by Edith Cheeseman from the 1920s, later printed as a postcard, including an image of Fort Metal Cross and the harbour of Dixcove. Dixcove is a coastal village and a fishing community in the Ahanta West district, a district in the Western Region of South Ghana, located approximately 35 km west of the regional capital of Sekondi-Takoradi. The current Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove is Obrempong Hima Dekyi XIV.
== History == Dixcove is the site of Fort Metal Cross, an English-built fort which was completed in 1698. The fort dominates the fishing village and town from a bluff located on the eastern side of the village. The fort was used mainly as a slave fort, but also served as a secure depot for the trade gold and palm oil, and later served as a prison, police station, and a post office. The fort is currently leased by an English citizen who operates it as a tourist site, and a congregation point for local churches.