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Coordinates: 7°00N 0°18E / 7.000°N 0.300°E / 7.000; 0.300
 

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Kpando
Town & District Capital
Kpando is located in Ghana
Kpando

Kpando

Location in Ghana

Coordinates: 7°0′N 0°18′E / 7.000°N 0.300°E / 7.000; 0.300
Country Ghana
RegionVolta Region
DistrictKpando Municipal District
Population
 (2012)
 • Total28,334[1]
 Ranked 54th in Ghana
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Kpando is a town and capital of Kpando Municipal District in the northern Volta RegionofGhana. It is near the north eastern arm of Lake Volta and the Togo border. Kpando is the fifty-fourth most populous place in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 28,334 people.[1] Kpando is connected by ferry and road to Gbefi, Hohoe, Ho and Dambai. It is about a 4-hour journey from Accra.[2] The Kpando Municipality is a district in the Volta Region, and one of the oldest administrative districts in Ghana.

History[edit]

The peoples of Kpando, also called the Akpini people are Ewes believed to have been a part of the third wave of migrations from Notsie, which was located in present-day Togo and or the Benin Area, while escaping from the rule of the tyrant Togbe Agorkoli about 450 years ago.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
  • ^ "Kpando". Volta Guide Service @ Kpando. Volta Guide Service. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  • ^ "Volta Guide Service @ Kpando: History". Volta Guide Service @ Kpando. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  • ^ "Unlocking the promise of Kpando, Ghana". globalcitizen.org. April 29, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
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    7°00′N 0°18′E / 7.000°N 0.300°E / 7.000; 0.300


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    1. ^ "Ghana » Volta Region » Kpando Municipal". Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2014-08-30.

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