Ashaiman (often wrongly spelled as "Ashiaman") is a large town in

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 ...

of South

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 ...

and is the capital of

Ashaiman Municipal District Ashaiman Municipal District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Tema Municipal District, which was created from the former Tema District Council, until two parts ...

, a district in

.Greater Accra » Ashaiman Municipal district
. Ashaiman has a well-known settlement population, estimated to number between some hundred thousands up to over one million people (298,841 inhabitants according to World Gazetter).

Climate

History

Ashaiman was founded by Nii Ashai after he had moved from

Tema Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most populo ...

. Ashaiman is therefore named after him meaning Ashai's town." Ashaiman was greatly expanded by squatters who were building Tema and others who moved in to occupy government land. Ashaiman has grown to become one of the viable destinations for business because of the vast population that lives within the Constituency. Crime rate has declined vastly due to the influence of the current economic activities in the community.

Educational institutions

Ashaiman Senior High School was founded in September 1990 by the

Provisional National Defence Council The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a co ...

. The school began with 39 students and two teachers. Currently the school has a population of about 1,400 students and 104 teachers. Courses offered in the school include General Arts, General Science, Agriculture, Business and Visual Arts.

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Climate

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