Effiakuma
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Effiakuma is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 10 kilometres from Takoradi, the regional capital. It was built in the early 1960s by the then-president of Kwame Nkrumah. There are about three general plans for the buildings in the town. The State Housing Corporation built the houses. Effiakuma is the forty-seventh most populous town in Ghana, with a population of 35,094 people. On the outskirts of the town is the Effiakuma Zongo.
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- Sekondi-Takoradi
- Region
- Western Region
- Country
- Ghana
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Effiakuma is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 10 kilometres from Takoradi, the regional capital. It was built in the early 1960s by the then-president of Kwame Nkrumah. There are about three general plans for the buildings in the town. The State Housing Corporation built the houses. Effiakuma is the forty-seventh most populous town in Ghana, with a population of 35,094 people. On the outskirts of the town is the Effiakuma Zongo.
In March 2011, many Mossi Muslims who fled the conflict in Ivory Coast took refuge in the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Effiakuma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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