Aflao is a town in

Ketu South District Ketu South Municipal Assembly formerly Ketu South District, is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ketu District on 10 March 1989, which was created from the former Anlo Distric ...

in 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- ...

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with

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 ...

. Aflao is the twenty-eighth most populous

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building * Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fin ...

in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 96,550 people. In the 18th century, Aflao served as one of the major markets for the

slave trade Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

. Aflao is a big Land shared by the border of Ghana and Togo. So we have Aflao of Ghana and Aflao of Togo. The culture of this land base on their clothes called

Kente Kente ( ak, kente or ''nwetoma''; ee, kete; Dagbani: Chinchini) refers to a Ghanaian textile, made of handwoven cloth, strips of silk and cotton. Historically the fabric was worn in a toga-like fashion by royalty among ethnic groups such as the ...

or kete. Their local music is Agbadja and Brekete. Ghana authorities plan to creat a unique common post at Aflao.

History

Aflao people were war refugees of Phla extraction from Grand Popo in Benin. The exodus from Grand Popo was the result of the Wars by the Kingdom of Dahomey for access to the seaboard and European trading forts along the coast of Benin and Togo. Other war refugees who were of Ga Dangme extraction and displaced by the Akwamu wars also settled in Aflao. The Ga Dangme settled in the suburbs of Teshie, Gbugbla and Batorme. Constant skirmishes with the Bes of Togo for land and fishing rights compelled some of the Ga Dangme to relocate to Agortime area to join their kinsmen there.

Etymology

Ewe Fla:wo Phla/ Phera people Phla/

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belongs to the Gbe (Tadoid) language cluster

Geography

Aflao is located on the eastern coast of Ghana and is the major border town with neighboring

Chieftaincy

Aflao - Ghana as a traditional area has

Togbui Amenya Fiti V Togbui Adzongaga Amenya Fiti V is the paramount chief of the Aflao Traditional Area in 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 Repub ...

as its

Paramount Chief A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and ar ...

. He is the traditional ruler of the land and performs traditional administrative and ceremonial functions in the area. Aflao - Togo has a different chief because of the different villages on this land. Aflao has an education school on the border of Lomé that teaches Ewe, the local language of Aflao.

Industry

The

Diamond Cement Ghana Limited Diamond Cement Ghana Limited is an Indian-owned Portland cement producing company located at Aflao in the Volta Region of Ghana near the border with Togo. The plant complements the Government Industrialization Program and economic up-lift. The c ...

factory is located at Aflao. In early 2014, a 2.5 km rail siding was completed to connect the cement works to the port of

Lomé Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

.Cement siding opened.
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and is of the gauge.

Transportation

There are Public Transports from Aflao to major citie such as Accra;

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; Ho; Wa;

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Notable people

* Dzifa Gomashie, MP * Joseph Kossivi Ahiator, artist *

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, journalist * Thomas Amegnaglo, footballer

References

* Dickson, K. B. "Trade Patterns in Ghana at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century." ''Geographical Review'' 56.3 (1966): 417–431.

External links

Ghana-pedia webpage - Aflao
{{GhanaLargestCities Populated places in the Volta Region Ghana–Togo border crossings