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Akosombo Port , Volta River
Lake Volta dominates the territory of the West African state of Ghana. Formed by the construction
of the Akosombo Dam over the River Volta in the mid-1960s, it has an area of 8 482 sq km. Lake Volta is used to generate electricity and provide inland transportation, and its waters are also used for irrigation and fishing. The image clearly illustrates the divide between the verdantly forested ''Ashanti' region in the southeast of the country and the sparser lowland savannah and plains to the north.
Towards the top of the plateau can be seen road networks leading to and from the settlement of Kumasi, Ghana's second city with a population of two thirds of a million. Southeast of Kumasi is the circular Lake Bosumtwi, a flooded meteorite crater - in fact one of only 18 confirmed African impact craters.
On the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, south of Lake Volta, is located the sprawling capital Accra, Ghana's largest city with approximately 1.6 million inhabitants.
Volta Region
| The Volta Dam was officially opened by Nkrumah on 23rd January 1966. Kwame Nkruma described it as ‘the greatest of all our development projects’.
 Akosombo Port Akosombo - nice, clean place ...
| Live,local weather conditions for Akosombo , Ghana
Akosombo, GHA
Updated 03 September 2010 00:00
Cloudy | 24°C | High: 28°C
Low: 24°C
Wind: 0 kph
Humidity: 88%
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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