The Kpalime Traditional Area is located mainly in the South Dayi District

South Dayi District

The South Dayi District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region. It is one of the 28 districts created in 2004 and was officially inaugurated on 19 August 2004 at Kpeve, the capital.-Boundaries:...

 of the Volta Region

Volta Region

Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho.-List of districts:The region has 18 districts consisting of 3 municipal and 15 ordinary districts:-Background:...

 of Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

. This area originally was located partly within the Kpando District

Kpando District

The Kpando District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region. It is one of the oldest administrative districts in the country dating back to the colonial era. Some of the towns located in the district include Vakpo, Wusuta, Kpandu Torkor, Dzigbe, Togorme, Sovie, Anfoega Adame, Anfoega Akukome,...

 of the Volta Region but with the creation of new districts, it now falls within the South Dayi District.

This traditional area includes the people of Wegbe

Wegbe Kpalime

Wegbe Kpalime is a village located in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region of Ghana.-Location:The nearest towns to Wegbe include Bame, which is about 1.3 kilometres to the northeast. Akrofu is about 4.5 kilometres to the southeast and Avenui, 5.7 kilometres to the south...

, Kpale, Todome, Tsatee, Hiama, Kaira, Toh and Duga towns. They all belong to the Ewe

Ewe people

The Ewe are a people located in the southeast corner of Ghana, east of the Volta River, in an area now described as the Volta Region, in southern Togo and western Benin...

 ethnic group of Ghana. The main town in this group is (Kpalime)-Duga. The head of the Kpalime Traditional Area is the king or Paramount Chief

Paramount chief

A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. This definition is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple...

 with the title of Togbe or Torgbui (meaning king in Ewe).

The people celebrate an annual Kpalikpakpaza

Kpalikpakpaza

The Kpalikpakpaza or Kpalikpakpa festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Kpalime Traditional Area located in the Volta Region of Ghana. The name of the festival is derived from an appellation in Ewe which is "Kpalikpakpa si tu makpata" which means "shooting without...

 or Kpalikpakpa festival usually in December, commemorating the valour of their ancestors during their migration from Notsie

Notsé

Notsé is a town in the Plateaux Region of Togo. It is the capital of Haho Prefecture and is situated 95 km north of the capital Lomé. The town was formed around 1600 by the Ewe people, after they were displaced westward by the expansion of the Yoruba....

 in Togo

Togo

Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

. This festival was only instituted in 1997. The main celebration rotates between the various towns annually.