To Kpalime or To is a village located in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region 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 ...

. It is one of the towns of the

Kpalime Traditional Area The Kpalime Traditional Area is located mainly in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region of Ghana. This area originally was located partly within the Kpando District of the Volta Region but with the creation of new districts in 2004, it n ...

Location

To is located about 4.5 kilometres east of the

Volta lake Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area ...

. It is just to the west of the Akwapim-Togo mountains which extend from the south east of Ghana through the Volta Region into

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

. The nearest towns are

Kpalime Duga Kpalime Duga is a village located in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region of Ghana. Location The nearest towns to Duga include To Kpalime to the north. This is also one of the towns in the Kpalime Traditional Area. To the east are the Pe ...

to the southwest and

Tongor Kaira Tongor Kaira is a village located in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region of Ghana. Location Kaira is located to the east of the Volta lake. It is just to the west of the Akwapim-Togo mountains which extend from the south east of Ghana th ...

and Tsate Kpalime to the northeast. To the west is Tongor Tsanakpe and the Volta Lake. About 9 kilometres to the east is Tsibu and beyond that, the Akwapim-Togo mountains and

Tsito Tsito is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. Tsito means 'by water' or 'by the river' In the Ewe language, Eʋe language. It is also a settlement discovered after a migratory exploit of its founders, when they were trying to erect a police post ...

and Anyirawase, both in the Awudome Traditional Area of the Volta Region of Ghana.

History

The people of the Kpalime Traditional Area are believed to have migrated to their present locations from Notsie in

. This was to escape the tyranny of Togbe Agorkorli, the king of Notsie. One large group migrated to the coast. The second group includes the people of Wegbe, Kpeve and Klefe among others who settled in the Volta midlands.

People

The indigenous population are the Ewe. To Kpalime is one of the villages in the

. They are related to the other Kpalime towns which include

Wegbe Kpalime Wegbe Kpalime is a village located in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region of Ghana. History The people of the Kpalime Traditional Area are believed to have migrated to their present locations from Notsé, Notsie in Togo. This was to escap ...

Kpale Kpalime Kpaleis a village located in the Ho West District of the Volta Region of Ghana. It is one of the towns of the Kpalime Traditional Area. Location Kpale is located to the north of Bame. To the north are Hlefi and Anfoeta Gbogame. Kpale lies on th ...

, Todome, Tsatee, Hiama,

and

. Kpalime Duga is the main village of the Kpalime Traditional Area. The inhabitants of Wegbe celebrate the annual Kpalikpakpaza or Kpalikpakpa festival around December each year. This is to commemorate the valour of their ancestors during their migration from Notsie in

. This festival was only instituted in 1997. The main celebration rotates between the various villages annually. The 17th festival in November 2012 was celebrated in Kaira. To Kpalime is ruled by its own chief. As it is in the Kpalime Traditional Area, it also comes under the paramount chief of the area, Togbega Atigbladza Agbi Yao VIII who is also the chief of Kpalime Duga.

Administration

The South Dayi District has its capital at

Kpeve Kpeve is a small town located in the Volta Region of Ghana and divided into Kpeve Old Town, which is part of the Afadjato South District and Kpeve New Town which is part of the South Dayi District, the administrative district capital of South D ...

. There is a District Administration under its current head, Patrick Mallett, the District Chief Executive. There is also a District Assembly with elected representatives also based at Kpeve. The South Dayi (Ghana parliament constituency) constituency also has an elected representative in the

Parliament of Ghana The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana. History Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony known as Gold Coast. The body, called the Legislative Council, ...

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