Dodowa is a town located in the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

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 ...

, it is the district capital of Dangme West district, now

Shai Osudoku District Shai Osudoku District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Dangme West District in 1988, which was created from the former Dangme District Council, until the southe ...

. The city is 39 km from the capital city, Accra. The notable tourist site found there is the

Dodowa Forest Dodowa Forest is a tourist site attraction at Dodowa in the Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Gu ...

. They celebrate "Ngmayemi festival". There is a Historical Forest where the Katamanso war ended. The

Tsenku Waterfall Tsenku Falls is a waterfall located near Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana Tsenku waterfall drops from a height of about 250 feet and is running on stratified rocks into a cool and clean pool with a large tilapia Tilapia ( ) is the ...

is located in the Historical Dodowa Forest. This beautiful waterfall drops from a height of about 250 feet, running on stratified rocks into a cool, clean and clear pool with a large

tilapia Tilapia ( ) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most ...

population. The Tsenku stream is joined by two other streams "Sanyade" and "Popotsi" before meandering into the sea. There is also the

Dodowa Health Research Centre Dodowa is a town located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, it is the district capital of Dangme West district, now Shai Osudoku District. The city is 39 km from the capital city, Accra. The notable tourist site found there is the Dodowa ...

which majors in health related researches and implementation researches.

Education

There are several schools in Dodowa. The Ghana Christian International High School (GCIHS) is located about 6 km on the main Dodowa-Afienya road. The school is made up of a Junior High School and a Senior High School

One of the country's oldest Senior High Schools known as

Ghanata Senior High School Ghanata Senior High School is a boarding public senior high school located in Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Founded by Rev. E. Osabutey Aguedze in 1936, initially in Adidome as Gold Coast People's College in the Volta region of Gha ...

founded in 1936 can also be found in the town.

Institutions in Dodowa

Government institutions located in Dodowa includes the Shai-Osudoku District Hospital managed by the Ghana Health Service is situated in the Dodowa town. it was established in 1970 and has metamorphosed from Health post to health center and finally to a district hospital in mid-2009. some of the major government utility companies operating in the town that extend its services to the neighbouring villages are the Ghana Water Company Limited, a company fully owned by the state responsible for potable water supply to all urban communities in Ghana. The Ghana National Fire Service provides an efficient and valued fire and rescue service to meet statutory required in Act 537 and public expectation. in charge of organising public fire education programmes to create and sustain awareness of the hazards of fire, heighten the role of the individual in the prevention of fire and provide technical advice for building plans with regard to machinery and structural layouts to facilitate escape from fire, rescue operations, and fire management. The

Electricity Company of Ghana Power Distribution Services Ghana formerly ''Electricity Company of Ghana'' is an electricity distribution company in Ghana. The company's operation covers about thirty percent of the total land mass of the country. Formerly as a public company, i ...

for the Dodowa district with the mission to provide quality, reliable and safe electricity services to support growth and development. Shai-Osudoku District Assembly exists to create the enabling environment for the provision of services for the total development of the District in Collaboration with all Stakeholders.

Education

Institutions in Dodowa

Regional House of Chiefs

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