Winneba
Sign in to saveWinneba is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana. Winneba has a population of . Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa, is a historic fishing port in south Ghana, lying on the south coast, east of Cape Coast. The current member of parliament is Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin.
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Place details
- Locality
- Winneba
- Region
- Central Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 71,288
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Winneba
- Settlement.other_name
- Simpa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- University of Education, Winneba (UEW) North Campus.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- North Campus of University of Education, Winneba
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Seal
- Settlement.blank_emblem_link
- Seal (emblem)
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 130px
- Settlement.image_map
- Winneba-location.PNG
- Settlement.map_caption
- Winneba is located 55 km west of Accra and 140 km east of Cape Coast
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ghana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Effutu Municipal District
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- +55331
- Time zone
- UTC
- Location
- Central Region
- Image
- Street in Winneba, Ghana-3.jpg
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Winneba is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana. Winneba has a population of . Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa, is a historic fishing port in south Ghana, lying on the south coast, east of Cape Coast. The current member of parliament is Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin.
==History== From pre-colonial times through the establishment of the British colony the Gold Coast, (Effutu) Winneba served as a port town. Fort Winneba was built here.