Transport in Ghana is accomplished by road, rail, air and water. Ghana's transportation and communications networks are centered in the southern regions, especially the areas in which gold, cocoa, and timber are produced. The northern and central areas are connected through a major road system.
The Regions of Ghana constitute the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana. As of 2020, there are currently sixteen regions, which are further divided for administrative purposes into 260 local metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies.
Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi – Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region’s and largest Fante city as well as an industrial and commercial center, with a population of 445,205 people (2012). The chief industries in Sekondi-Takoradi are timber, cocoa processing, plywood, shipbuilding, its harbour and railway repair, and recently, sweet crude oil and crude oil. The fundamental job in Sekondi-Takoradi is fishing. Sekondi-Takoradi lies on the main railway lines to Kumasi and Accra. It is one of the most modern and cleanest cities in Ghana.
Prestea is a town in the Western Region, in southwest Ghana and about 50 km north of the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies on the west bank of the Ankobra River, about 60 mi (100 km) northwest of Cape coast. The town is part of the Prestea-Huni Valley District. Prestea is the forty-sixth most populous in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 35,760 people. A railway line used to connects with Prestea to Tarkwa and beyond to the coastal city of Sekondi-Takoradi.
Prostitution in Ghana is illegal but widespread, so much so that many Ghanaians are unaware that it is prohibited. There are growing sex tourism, child prostitution and human trafficking. High rates of unemployment and poverty in Ghana are believed to be causing a drastic growth in the sex industry. Unemployment is a reason the teenage engage in sex trade. A high percentage of sex workers are vulnerable to HIV.
The railway stations in Ghana serve a rail network concentrated in the south of the country.
Manso is a small town located about 30 km from the port city of Takoradi, in the Western Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Amenfi Central district.
Shama or Shema is a town with a fishing village, and is the capital of Shama district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana. The town lies about 20 km east of Sekondi-Takoradi, on the mouth of the Pra River. The town is home to Fort San Sebastian, in whose graveyard philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo, the first African known to have attended a European university, is interred.
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 the country Kwame Nkrumah. There are about three general plans for the buildings in the town. The houses were built by the State Housing Cooperation. Effiakuma is the forty-seventh most populous in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 35,094 people. On the outskirts of the town is the Effiakuma Zongo.
Anaji is a town in the Western region of Ghana. It is 10 kilometres from the centre Takoradi, the Western regional capital.
New Takoradi is a town in the Western region of Ghana. It is 3 kilometres from the centre Takoradi the Western regional capital. The serves both as a dormitory town as well as an industrialized zone.
Kwesimintsim is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 5 kilometres westwards from Takoradi the regional capital. The town under the Effia-Kwesimintsim constituency of Ghana.
Airport Ridge is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 3 kilometres westwards from Takoradi the regional capital. The town under the Effia-Kwesimintsim constituency of Ghana. It where Takoradi Air Force Base is located
Apremodo is a town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 8 kilometres from Takoradi the regional capital. It apart from serving as a dormitory town for many of the workers who work in an around Takoradi, it also serves as a military base for the 2nd Infantry battalion of the Ghana Army. Again, part of the town houses the expanded part of the Market Circle, Takoradi's main market.
Windy Ridge is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It shares a boundary with Takoradi the regional capital. The town under the Takoradi constituency of Ghana.
Essikado is a town in the Western region of Ghana. It is 12 kilometres from the centre Takoradi and 3 minutes drive from Sekondi.The Western region capital. It is used mainly as a dormitory town for various workers who work in the regional capital and its environs. The town is in the Essikado-Ketan constituency of Ghana.
Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District in 1988, which was created from the former Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Authority Council, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Shama District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District. However on 15 March 2018, the western part of the district was split off to become Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District. The metropolis is located in the southeast part of Western Region and has Sekondi-Takoradi as its capital town.
Ahanta is a Central Tano language, spoken along the southwest coast of Ghana between the cities of Takoradi and Princes Town, Ghana.
Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Takoradi constituency in the Western Region of Ghana. He had his secondary school at Mfantsipim School. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the deputy minister for Aviation in Ghana.
Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District on 29 February 2008, until the western part of the district was split off to create Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal District on 15 March 2018; thus the remaining part has been retained as Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District. The municipality is located in the southeast part of Western Region and has Kwesimintsim as its capital town.
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