Fijai is a village 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 Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

. It is 11 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 Western regional capital. The village serves as a

dormitory A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university ...

village for workers who work in and around the Takoradi

metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big c ...

Boundaries

The village is bordered on

Nkroful Nkroful is a village in the Ellembelle District, a district in the Western Region of south Ghana, located near Axim in the Nzema East Municipal of the Western Region.

on the East,

Botumagyabu Botumegyabu is a village in Shama District in the Western Region of Ghana near the town Sekondi. Botumegyabu is in the Essikado-Ketan constituency of the Western region of Ghana. It is mainly a dormitory A dormitory (originated from the La ...

on the West,

Effia Effia is a village in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 10 kilometres from Takoradi, the regional capital. Boundary The village is bounded to the west and north by Effiakuma, to the east by Fijai, and to the south by Anaji Anaji is ...

on the North and

Sekondi 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 ind ...

on the south.

Notable place

The

Fijai Secondary School Fijai Senior High School, formerly Fijai Secondary School, is a co-educational senior high school located in the Western Region of Ghana. The name Fijai is from the native dialect "Afei Gyae Me", which literally means "Now, leave me alone". H ...

, a

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

second cycle school is in the village. For over fifty years, the school has produced men and women who are found in different industries in Ghana.

References

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