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Keta is a coastal town and the capital of the Keta Municipal District in the Volta Region of Ghana. Touring Ghana - Volta Region . touringghana.com.
Keta has a population of 23,207.
Keta was an important trading post between the 14th and the late 20th centuries. The town attracted the interest of the Danish people, because they felt they could establish a base here without interference from rival nations. Their first initiative was to place a factory at Keta to sell alcohol.
Faced with the threat of war between Peki and an alliance of the Ashanti Empire and the Akwamu, the North German Missionary Society (also known as the Bremen Missionaries) moved the focus of their activities from Peki to Keta. Their missionaries, Dauble and Plessing, landed at nearby Dzelukofe on September 2, 1853.
Historically Keta was also known as Quittah or Agudzeawo (Easterners in old Ewe) and was assigned B27 as a postal mark.
From 1874 Hausa people Constabulary were based at Keta, and soon there grew to be a community of Hausa traders in the town.
The author, and then colonial Civil Servant, R. Austin Freeman served as a medical officer (Assistant Surgeon) here in 1887 during which an epidemic of black water fever killed forty per cent of the European population.
Close to Keta is the town of Woe, known for the Cape St. Paul Lighthouse on the beach that is believed to guide ships away from a mythical massive underwater mountain. This lighthouse is also thought to be the oldest in Ghana.
(15) Felix Kuadugah- contributor. History of Agbozume and Keta.
Ecology
In 1784, Fort Prinzenstein, like most slave trade forts, was built by the sea's edge. The sea had retreated by about 600 ft by 1907. Since then Keta has been subject to sustained erosion. The Bremen Factory and Coconut plantation, which were close to the high water mark in 1907, had been swept away by the sea by 1924. The erosion has advanced as far as Queen Street and started to wear away the Fort.
Keta Lagoon
Keta Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Ghana with a water area of 300 km2. This is located in a larger wetlands protected area of 1200 km2. It is a stopping point for a large number of migratory birds and provides a breeding ground for sea turtles.
The Keta Lagoon is known for its immense quantity of salt.
Oil
Petroleum has been found at the Keta Basin. Experts are against the exploitation because it will lead to the destruction of land and lives, as well as some sources of livelihood.
Notable people
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