- Source: Shama, Ghana
Shama or Esima is a fishing community , and it is the capital of Shama district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana. The town lies about 20 km east of Sekondi-Takoradi, on the mouth of the Pra River. The town is home to Fort San Sebastian, in whose graveyard philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo, the first African known to have attended a European university, is interred.
The town is situated in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan district and Shama constituency of the Western region of Ghana. The people of the town are mostly engaged in fishing and its related activities such as fish processing for local markets. Shama is the sixtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 117,224 people.
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- Region Western (Ghana)
- Pantai Emas Portugal
- Daftar film Bollywood pada tahun 2004
- Uganda International
- Kerajaan Mysore
- Shama, Ghana
- Shama
- Shama District
- Shama (Ghana parliament constituency)
- Fort São Sebastião de Xama
- Shama Senior High School
- Shema (disambiguation)
- List of cities in Ghana
- Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District
- 2023 Shama quarry explosion
