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Abutia, also: ''Abutia Area'', is a Kingdom in West Africa, in the East of the Republic of Ghana, Volta Region.
Today's towns and villages of Abutia are:
* Agbagyi
* Agorve
* Aframkope
* Agric
* Amesinyakope
* Anyinawasi
* Argordeke
* Avetakpo
* Awakpeta
* Bator
* Buluonyibe
* Dalor
* Dangbe
* Dzanyodake
* Forsime
* Gbetekpo
* Gbetekpomanu
* Hlorve
* Kissifli
* Kloe
* Kpeteho
* Kpogadzi
* Kpolukope
* Kpota
* Kwanta Awudomi
* Togbave
* Tedeafenu
* Tedeafenu-Volo
* Tegbleve
* Teti
* Tsauvenu
* Tsili (Kyito)
* Megame
* Norris
* Noanyikbe
* Sebekope
* Vohu
* Wodome
The Kalakpa Resource Reserve is the famous national park in Abutia, Ghana. It is located in the South-East of the Abutia Hills Forest Reserve between 6°18' and 6°28' N and 0°17' and 0°30' E and in the Abutia and Adaklu traditional areas. The Kalakpa River divides the Abutia land from the Adaklu land. The Reserve covers an area of about 325 km² square of forest/savanna transition zone, and the dominant vegetation is the dry Borassus-Combretum woodland.Kalakpa Resource Reserve, African Bird Club
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History
Abutia is a traditional area in Ghana with Teti, Agorve and Kloe as its three (3) main towns. In colonial time Abutia was part ofTogoland
Togoland was a German Empire protectorate in West Africa from 1884 to 1914, encompassing what is now the nation of Togo and most of what is now the Volta Region of Ghana, approximately 90,400 km2 (29,867 sq mi) in size. During the period kno ...
as German Colony from 1884 to 1916 and British Colony
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remnants of the former Bri ...
from 1916 to 1945.
When Ghana gained independence on 6 March 1957, Abutia became part of the Republic of Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
.
In 1992 the parliament enacted the new constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When ...
of the Republic of Ghana, in which the traditional areas got cultural sovereignty (''subnational monarchy''). In 2008 a special decree of the chieftaincy was established.
Since 1998 the Togbe (King) and traditional ruler is Togbe Abutia Kodzo Gidi V.
Geography and Territory
The traditional national territory of Abutia is located between latitudes 6.33˚ 3ˈ N and 6.93˚ 6ˈ N and longitudes 0.17˚ 4ˈ E and 0.53˚ 39ˈ E. It shares boundaries with the Afadjato area to the North, the Adaklu District to the South, South Dayi District to the West, Ho Municipal and the Republic of Togo to the East. It has a total land area of 1.002,79 km².Regions and Towns
Today's towns and villages of Abutia are:
* Agbagyi
* Agorve
* Aframkope
* Agric
* Amesinyakope
* Anyinawasi
* Argordeke
* Avetakpo
* Awakpeta
* Bator
* Buluonyibe
* Dalor
* Dangbe
* Dzanyodake
* Forsime
* Gbetekpo
* Gbetekpomanu
* Hlorve
* Kissifli
* Kloe
* Kpeteho
* Kpogadzi
* Kpolukope
* Kpota
* Kwanta Awudomi
* Togbave
* Tedeafenu
* Tedeafenu-Volo
* Tegbleve
* Teti
* Tsauvenu
* Tsili (Kyito)
* Megame
* Norris
* Noanyikbe
* Sebekope
* Vohu
* Wodome
National park
The Kalakpa Resource Reserve is the famous national park in Abutia, Ghana. It is located in the South-East of the Abutia Hills Forest Reserve between 6°18' and 6°28' N and 0°17' and 0°30' E and in the Abutia and Adaklu traditional areas. The Kalakpa River divides the Abutia land from the Adaklu land. The Reserve covers an area of about 325 km² square of forest/savanna transition zone, and the dominant vegetation is the dry Borassus-Combretum woodland./ref>
See also
* State Institute of Science and Education (Abutia) *History of Ghana
The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire. The empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. The Empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 ...
* Orders, decorations, and medals of Ghana
References