Yeji

8.2333333333333 - 0.65Koordinaten: 8 ° 14 ' N, 0 ° 39 ' W

Yeji is a village in the Volta Region of Ghana with about 5000 inhabitants.

Originally, the ancient settlement was further west, but had to be relocated as a result of the jammed by the Akosombo Dam Volta Lake due to the rising water. Today Yeji is one of the lake ports on Lake Volta and starting point for trading goods.

In the meantime, take advantage of some tourists Yeji as a stopover to Tamale or linger in Yeji where offer water sports and there are good prospects in fishing because of the fish wealth.

Transport links

In Yeji keep the ferry from Akosombo in the south and the east Buipe. There is also a freeway south to Ejura and Kwadjokrom. There are daily scheduled bus service as well as individual tro-tro connections to Kumasi. Per person boat or car ferry to get to the opposite bank of the Volta Lake, according to Makongo from where the drive to the north of Ghana can continue ( to Tamale, for example ).