Tema
Tema is the most important port city of Ghana, West Africa and has about 300,000 inhabitants. However, the information about the population vary widely. It lies about 25 km away from the capital, Accra, to which it is connected by a railway line and built roads. Tema is part of the Greater Accra Region, an urban metropolitan area, which runs along as a cohesive building 100 kilometers along the coast and up to 30 kilometers inland ranges.
History of the City
By 1960, Tema was a small fishing village near the Ghanaian capital Accra. The name " Tema " is derived from the language of Ga. The Ga - word "gate" means something like "Pumpkin " and " Torman " as much as " Kürbisort ". The name refers to the gourds that grew here and were used to transport water. The British corrupted the name then to " Tema ".
One in the 1940s under British rule published at the time of the Gold Coast colony investigation came to the conclusion that in addition to the planned Volta Dam, a port near Accra was necessary. In the 1950s, began planning for the construction of the port at Tema. In 1961, the port was opened, which replaced the port of Takoradi as until then the largest in the country. Tema counts as the Volta River Project, whose best known part of the project construction of the Akosombo Dam is to the major development projects in Ghana after independence. Due to the extensive infrastructure projects in the area, the Ghanaian government decided to build a neighboring city, which was carried out by architect and urban planner Konstantinos A. Doxiadis.
Economic Importance
Tema is the largest deep sea port in Ghana. The vast majority of cacao, in addition to gold, the main export product of the country is shipped via Tema. In addition, this major industrial companies have settled, for example, an oil refinery ( the Tema Oil Refinery ), an aluminum smelter ( the power of Akosombostaudamms uses ), chemical factories, food production (chocolate, canned fish ), textile and cement factories.
Population
Even though Tema is located in the settlement area of the Ga, these represent only about one quarter of the population: As a newly built city as an industrial and port city of Tema residents are ethnically mixed. In addition 23% Ga there are about as many Ewe, whose settlement area adjoins the east. The various Akanvölker ( Ashanti, Fante, Akwapim ) represent another 40 %.
Climate
The area around Tema is the driest part Südghanas. There is a dry equatorial climate with an average rainfall of about 790 mm per year.
Social Infrastructure
Tema is a planned city. This history is, for example, to recognize the fact today that Tema is the only Ghanaian city with a closed drainage system (in contrast to the usual open sewage ditches, for example, in much greater Accra ). About 80% of residents have access to running water, about the same number of settlements and neighborhoods in the District of Tema are connected to the electrical power supply. In some parts there is a functioning private waste disposal.
District of Tema
The district of Tema (the " Tema Municipality " ) is out of the main town of Tema, which in turn is divided into several districts, nor from the places Adenta East, bethelehem. , Ashaiman, Ashaley Botwe, Kakasunanka II, Kpone, Lashibi and Ogbojo.
Famous sons and daughters of the town
- Kweku Adoboli (born 15 September 1980), Ghanaian bankers in the UK
- Freddy Adu ( born June 2, 1989), American football player
- Matthew Amoah (born 24 October 1980), Ghanaian national football team
- Joseph Fameyeh (born 19 October 1978), Ghanaian footballer, former captain of the U-23 National Team
- Kwame Quansah, Ghanaian footballer
- Edward Sarpei ( born June 25, 1969), Ghanaian footballer
- Illiasu Shilla (born 26 October 1982), Ghanaian footballer
- Hans Sarpei (born 28 June 1976), Ghanaian footballer
- Irene Ann Ofori (born 29 May 1986), Ghanaian football player
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