Sekondi-Takoradi
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 55 ′ N , 1 ° 46 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Ghana | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | GH-WP | ||
| height | 10 m | ||
| Residents | 335,000 | ||
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The twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi is the capital of the Western Region (i.e. the western region) of the West African state of Ghana .
Sekondi-Takoradi is located on Ghana's western coastline and, with around 335,000 inhabitants, is the third largest city in the country after Accra and Kumasi (information on the population of the cities of Ghana is not very precise, however). The residents of the twin city speak different native languages, the most common are Ahanta , Nzema , Sehwi , Wasa , Brosa / Aowin (dialects of Anyin ) and Gwira / Pepesa .
The economic importance of the city results from the local industry (wood industry, cement, cigarettes, shipbuilding, railway repair works) and its central position in Ghana's transport network. The country's only two railway lines from Accra and Kumasi end here and there is a large port.
Since 2008 there has been a large sports stadium with a capacity of 20,000 people, the Sekondi Takoradi Stadium .
In 1946 the twin town was formed from the previously independent neighboring towns of Sekondi and Takoradi.
Sekondi
Sekondi, built around two English and Dutch forts ( Fort Orange and Fort Sekondi , see also here ) at the end of the 17th century , is the older part of the city and the seat of the regional administration. There is also a small fishing port with a boatyard and Ghana's (not very large) naval base. Sekondi benefited economically from the railway line to Kumasi, which was completed in 1903, and thus to the gold fields and logging areas of the Ashanti region .
Sekondi is the seat of the regional administration for the Western Region.
Takoradi
The economically more important part of the city is still Takoradi, west of Sekondi. Also at Takoradi there was a small fortification ( Taccorary , see here ) in the 17th century , which changed its European owner several times - u. a. it was also owned by Brandenburg-Prussia . Until the 1920s, Takoradi was still only a small fishing village, at that time still under the name Amanful. That only changed in 1920, when Ghana's first deep-water port was built here and Takoradi was given a rail link to the nearby Sekondi. Today the port of Takoradi is the second largest in Ghana after the port of Tema near Accra. There are sawmills and other industries here. The airport Takoradi was in World War II, an important trading center on the trans-Atlantic supply route for the Allied forces in North Africa.
education
Sekondi-Takoradi is an important educational center for the Western Region and all of Ghana. It houses the Takoradi Polytechnic and one of the leading vocational training centers in the country (Takoradi Technical Institute TTI, 1,400 students in two shifts, training areas: automotive, electrical, mechanical, welding, sanitary installation, computer), which was set up with German funds and funded until 2005 ( GTZ / GOPA).
The TTI is home to a Fabrication Lab set up with the help of MIT as part of the Boston-Sekondi-Takoradi town partnership (see below), the first of its kind in Africa.
See also: APTI
Famous daughters and sons of the city
- Joseph Henry Mensah (1928–2018), politician
- Ayi Kwei Armah (* 1939), writer
- George Kingsley Acquah (1942–2007), lawyer and politician
- Mary Broh (* 1951), Mayor of Monrovia
- Samuel Inkoom (* 1989), football player
- Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (* 1947), Highlife musician, songwriter, producer, and composer
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Sekondi-Takoradi
Source: wetterkontor.de
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