Effutu | |
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  Effutu | |
| Coordinates: 5°12′09″N1°19′17″W / 5.20250°N 1.32139°W Coordinates: 5°12′09″N1°19′17″W / 5.20250°N 1.32139°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Central Region |
| District | Effutu Municipal District |
| Elevation | 174 ft (53 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Effutu is a village in Effutu Municipal District in the Central Region of Ghana. The village is known for the Effutu Secondary School. [1] [2] The school is a second cycle institution. [3]
Winneba is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana. Winneba has a population of 55,331. Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa, is a historic fishing port in south Ghana, lying on the south coast, 140 kilometres (90 mi) east of Cape Coast. The current member of parliament is Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin.
The Efutu are an Akanized Guang people that are the original inhabitants of present-day Ghana. They founded the coastal area about 1390 C.E. The Efutu are found in Awutu, Adina, Senya-Beraku and Winneba and their main occupation is fishing. Like most Guans, they were somewhat absorbed into the greater Akan culture and adopted Akan names via annexing and military campaigns as the Akan were natural warriors. Similar to the Akuapem people of the Eastern Region of Ghana who are ruled by an Akan Abusua but was originally ruled by their own Guan kings. They also have adopted the Fante version of some Akan institutions and the use of some Fante words in their rituals. Before Akanization, the Simpa Kingdom was formed about 1400 AD.
Mike Allen Hammah is a politician and a former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources of Ghana. He had been the Minister for Transport until January 4, 2011, when he was moved after a cabinet reshuffle by President Mills. He was also the Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.
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Nana Amba Eyiaba I, known non-formally as Eunice Amba Amoah, is a Ghanaian queen mother from the Effutu Municipal District of Central Region, Ghana. She is the former Director of Education for Central Region. From 2004 to 2010, Eyiaba was appointed by President John Kufuor to serve as a member of the national Electoral Commission of Ghana, co-organizing and supervising the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2004 and 2008.
The Effutu people inhabit Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana and they are part of the original Guan inhabitants of Ghana.