Tongor Kaira is a village located in the

South Dayi District South Dayi District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Kpando District on 10 March 1989, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John ...

of the

Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-et ...

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 ...

Location

Kaira is located to the 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 ...

. To the west 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 ...

and To Kpalime and to the north, Tsate Kpalime and Tsibu. To the south are some of the

Peki Peki is a town in the South Dayi District in the Volta Region of Ghana. It comprises eight subtowns, each with a subchief - Tsame, Avetile, Afeviwofe, Blengo, Dzake, Wudome, Dzobati and Adzokoe. All of these subchiefs swear allegiance to a paramo ...

towns. Just over the Akwapim-Togo mountains to the east are

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, all in 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. Wegbe Kpalime is one of the main villages in the Kpalime Traditional Area. They are related to the other Kpalime towns which include Kpale, Todome, Tsatee, Hiama, Kaira, Toh and Duga. 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.

Administration

Kaira is ruled by a king or Fiaga. At present however, it is ruled by a

regent A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

, Seth Otoo. Kaira is within the South Dayi District with 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 ...

. The district administration which is based there is headed by a District Chief Executive. This is currently

Kafui Bekui Semenu Kafui Bekui is a Ghanaian civil servant, and a former district chief executive of the South Dayi District in the Volta Region of Ghana. Kafui Bekui worked as a fish scientist with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana before going ...

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