Effiakuma is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana

Western Region (Ghana)

The Western Region of Ghana, reaching from the Côte d'Ivoire border in the west to the Central Region in the east, includes the large twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi on the coast, coastal Axim, and a hilly inland area including Elubo. It includes Ghana's southernmost location, Cape Three Points,...

. It is about 10 kilometres from Takoradi the regional capital

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. It was built in the early 1960s by the then president of the country Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1952 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the first Prime Minister of Ghana...

. There are about three general plans for the buildings in the area. The houses were built by the State Housing Cooperation. There are about 200,000 inhabitants in the area. On the outskirts of the town is the Effiakuma Zongo

Zongo

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. In March 2011 many Mossi

Mossi

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 Muslims who fled the conflict in Ivory Coast took refuge in the area.

Boundary

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

Effia

Effia is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 10 kilometres from Takoradi the regional capital.-Boundary:The town is bounded to the west and sorth by Effiakuma, to the east by Fijai, to the south by Anaji...

, to the south by Anaji

Anaji

Anaji is a residential area the Western region of Ghana. It is 10 kilometres from the centre Takoradi the Western regional capital. The is a dormitory town.-Boundaries:...