Kete Krachi

Kete Krachi
District Capital
View of Kete-Krachi and Lake Volta
View of Kete-Krachi and Lake Volta
Kete Krachi is located in Ghana
Kete Krachi
Kete Krachi
Location of Kete Krachi in Oti Region
Coordinates: 7°48′N 0°01′W / 7.800°N 0.017°W / 7.800; -0.017
Country Ghana
RegionOti
DistrictKrachi West District
Population
 (2013)
 • Total11,788[1]
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT
postal code
VS

Kete Krachi (formerly Kete Kratje) is a town and the capital of the Krachi West District in the Oti Region of Ghana, adjacent to Lake Volta. Kete-Krachi is connected by a ferry to the town of Kwadjokrom, and by road to Bimbila and Dambai.[2] The town has a population of 11,788 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ Maier, F. (1980). "Competition for Power and Profits in Kete-Krachi, West Africa, 1875-1900". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 13 (1). JSTOR: 33–50. doi:10.2307/218371. JSTOR 218371. Retrieved 15 July 2024.