Effiakuma

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title: "Effiakuma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-western-region-(ghana)"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-western-region-ghana" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effiakuma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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official_name	Effiakuma
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subdivision_name	Ghana
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Flag of Western Region (Ghana).gif Western Region
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Stma District
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population_as_of	2013
population_note	Ranked 47th in Ghana
population_total	35,094
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	GMT
timezone_DST	GMT
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
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Effiakuma is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 10 kilometres from Takoradi, the regional capital. It was built in the early 1960s by the then-president of Kwame Nkrumah. There are about three general plans for the buildings in the town. The State Housing Corporation built the houses. Effiakuma is the forty-seventh most populous town in Ghana, with a population of 35,094 people. On the outskirts of the town is the Effiakuma Zongo.

In March 2011, many Mossi Muslims who fled the conflict in Ivory Coast took refuge in the town.

Boundary

The town is bounded to the west and North by Takoradi, to the east by Effia, and to the south by Anaji.

References

References

1. "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
3. [http://www.modernghana.com/news/33021/1/mossi-refugees-besiege-effiakuma.html Mossi refugees besiege Effiakuma]. modernghana.com.

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