The Ankobra River is primarily situated in

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. Rising north east of

Wiawso Sefwi Wiawso is a town in the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District in the Western North Region of Ghana. It doubles as the capital of Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District and Western North Region. Wiawso serves as the traditional seat for the Omanhene o ...

, it flows about south to the

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. Its entire course is in south Ghana.Ankobra River
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Fort Elize Carthago Fort Elize Carthago was a fort built by the Dutch West India Company in 1702 on a hill at the mouth of the Ankobra River, near the base of the Dutch on the Western Gold Coast, Fort Saint Anthony. Today, only ruins of the former fort can be found. ...

, a Dutch trading post abandoned in 1711, The Ankobra River is fed by the

Nini River The Nini is a river in south-western Ghana. It is one of the rivers for which the Nini-Suhien National Park (now incorporated into the Ankasa Conservation Area) was named. It flows into the Tano River The Tano or Tanoé River is a river in Ghan ...

. Small ships can navigate inland, whilst the upper reaches contain

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s. Several

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schemes have been proposed for the upper reaches. Mercury and arsenic was reported in 2003 to be found in the gold mining area of the Ankobra River Basin.

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