Salaga
Sign in to saveSalaga is a town and is the capital of East Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of north Ghana. Salaga had a 2012 settlement population of 25,472 people. Salaga was the largest slave market in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Place details
- Locality
- Salaga
- Region
- Savannah Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 25,472
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Salaga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Salaga Slave Tree - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Salaga slave tree
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ghana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Salaga in Savannah Region, Ghana
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ghana
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Savannah Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- East Gonja Municipal District
- Continent
- Africa
- Location
- Savannah Region
- Image
- Ghana20064 (5348903606).jpg
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- Gonja
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Article
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Salaga is a town and is the capital of East Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of north Ghana. Salaga had a 2012 settlement population of 25,472 people. Salaga was the largest slave market in the 18th and 19th centuries.
==Etymology== The name Salaga comes from the Dagomba word "salgi" which means "To get used to a place of abode".