Aboadze is a town in the Western region of

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...

. The serves both as a

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town as well as an industrialized zone. It also houses Ghana's first thermal plant for

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production.

Geography

The town is located 20 kilometres from the centre

Takoradi 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 largest city and an indu ...

the capital of the Western region. The town is bordered on east by Shama on the west by Inchaban and on the south by

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References

{{reflist Populated places in the Western Region (Ghana)