Ghana
Savannah Region
East Gonja Municipal District

Salaga

Salaga is a town and is the capital of East Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of north . Salaga had a 2012 settlement population of 25,472 people. Salaga was the largest slave market in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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  • Type: Town with 25,500 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “salaga”, “sallaga”, and “saraga”

Salaga

Latitude
8.55061° or 8° 33′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.51965° or 0° 31′ 11″ west
Population
25,500
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
Open location code
6CWXHF2J+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 344158618
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2295684
Wiki­data ID
Q995578
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Salaga” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Салага”
  • Catalan: “Salaga”
  • Cebuano: “Salaga”
  • Dutch: “Salaga”
  • French: “Salaga”
  • German: “Salaga”
  • Irish: “Salaga”
  • Italian: “Salaga”
  • Japanese: “サラガ”
  • Korean: “살라가”
  • Romanian: “Salaga”
  • Swahili: “Salaga”
  • Swedish: “Salaga”
  • Turkish: “Salaga”
  • Urdu: “سالاگا”

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