Salaga

Salaga
Salaga slave tree
Salaga slave tree
Salaga is located in Ghana
Salaga
Salaga
Location of Salaga in Savannah Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 8°33′N 0°31′W / 8.550°N 0.517°W / 8.550; -0.517
CountryGhana
RegionSavannah Region
DistrictEast Gonja District
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
25,472[1]
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Salaga is a town and is the capital of East Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of north Ghana.[2][3] Salaga had a 2012 settlement population of 25,472 people.[1] Salaga was the largest slave market in the 18th and 19th centuries.[4]

  1. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  2. ^ East Gonja district
  3. ^ "MP redeems campaign pledge in donating brand new motorcycles - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  4. ^ "Salaga Slave Market; A potential tourist site". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2023-01-28.