Shama or Esima is a
fishing community, and it is the capital of
Shama district, a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in the
Western 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 ...
.
[Shama District](_blank)
The town lies about 20 km east of
Sekondi-Takoradi
Sekondi-Takoradi ( ) is a city in Ghana comprising the Twin cities (geographical proximity), twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Weste ...
, 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.
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The town is situated in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan district and Shama constituency of the Western region of Ghana.][ The people of the town are mostly engaged in fishing and its related activities such as fish processing for local markets. Shama is the sixtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 117,224 people.]
References
Populated places in the Western Region (Ghana)
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