Moree (formerly also known as ''Mouri'') is a town with small
seaside resort
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in
Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district, a district in the
Central Region of south
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
. Moree was founded by giants Asebu Amanfi and his brother Farnyi Kwegya, and prolific hunter called Adzekese. Asebu Amanfi and Farnyi Kwegya were believed to have led an army that chased Israelites during the exodus. When their men drowned in the sea, they could not return to Pharaoh but fled Egypt with their family across Lake Chad to Nigeria and finally settled in Moree, then a village and small seaside resort in Ghana. Upon arrival in Moree, the Egyptian giants established their kingdom with prolific hunter, Adzekese. Asebu Amanfi was made the first King of the Asebu kingdom while Nana Adzekese became the first Chief of Moree. Moree developed around
Fort Nassau, which was the original fort on
their Gold Coast taken over by the
Dutch West India Company when this was founded in 1621.
Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese District
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Populated places in the Central Region (Ghana)
Dutch Gold Coast