Aflao

Aflao is a town in Ketu South District in the Volta Region on Ghana's border with Togo. Aflao is the twenty-eighth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 96,550 people.[1]

Aflao
Town
Aflao
Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 06°08′48.4″N 01°10′47.6″E
Country Ghana
Region Volta Region
DistrictKetu South District
Population
 (2012)
 • Total66,546[1]
 Ranked 28th in Ghana
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT
Area code(s)+233 (3625)

In the 18th century, Aflao served as one of the major markets for the slave trade. Aflao is a big Land shared by the border of Ghana and Togo. So we have Aflao of Ghana and Aflao of Togo. The culture of this land base on their clothes called Kente or kete. Their local music is Agbadja and Brekete. Ghana authorities plan to creat an unique common post at Aflao.[2]

Geography

Aflao is located on the eastern coast of Ghana and is the major border town with neighbouring Togo.

Chieftaincy

Aflao - Ghana as a traditional area has Togbui Amenya Fiti V as its Paramount Chief.[3] He is the traditional ruler of the land and performs traditional administrative and ceremonial functions in the area. Aflao - Togo has a differents chiefs cause of the differents villages on this Land. We have education school on the border of Lome that teach EWE the local language of Aflao.[4]

Industry

The Diamond Cement Ghana Limited factory is located at Aflao.[5][6]

In early 2014, a 2.5 km rail siding was completed to connect the cement works to the port of Lomé.[7] This siding crosses the border from Togo to Ghana and is of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge.

Transportation

There are Public Transports from Aflao to major citie such as Accra ; Kumasi; Techiman; Mim, Ahafo ; Sunyani; Takoradi; Tema; Ho; Wa; Bolgatanga; Elubo.

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
  2. "Le Ghana travaille un poste commun à Aflao". Republic of Togo.
  3. Togbui, Fiti. "Togbui Fiti Appeals For Gov't Intervention In Aflao Dispute". Spyghana. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. "Language Ideology and Practice on the Aflao-Lome Borderland: The Case of two Border School".
  5. "Production slumps at Diamond Cement". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  6. http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1895531.htm#1895531
  7. Cement siding opened.
  • Dickson, K. B. "Trade Patterns in Ghana at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century." Geographical Review 56.3 (1966): 417–431.
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