Keta
Keta is a coastal town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Keta Municipal District.
Keta
Ketta, Quittah | |
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Town & Municipality Capital | |
Fort Prinsensten on the beach of Keta in 1985 | |
Keta Location of Keta in Volta | |
| Coordinates: 5°55′N 0°59′E | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Volta Region |
| District | Keta Municipal District |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 23,207 |
| • Density | 1,829/sq mi (706/km2) |
| Ranked 61st in Ghana | |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
| Area code | +233 (3626) |
Keta is the sixty-first most populous settlement in Ghana in terms of population, with a population of 23,207. Parts of the town were devastated by sea erosion between the 1960s and 1980s. Keta is mentioned in Maya Angelou's All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes.
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