Effutu is a village in
Effutu Municipal District
Effutu Municipal District is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and s ...
in the
Central Region of
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
. The village is known for the Effutu Secondary School.
The school is a
second cycle
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institution.
It was the capital of the
Fetu Kingdom
The Kingdom of Fetu (also spelled Effutu or Afutu) was a Guan-Akan state located along the central coast of present-day Ghana, near modern Cape Coast. Emerging as a distinct polity in the 15th century, Fetu developed into a small but influential ...
. The Effutu people inhabit Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana and they are part of the original Guan inhabitants of Ghana.
References
Populated places in the Central Region (Ghana)
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