Dzelukope
Dzelukope is a town located near Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana. Victoria Agbotui, mother of Jerry John Rawlings, was born in Dzelukope in 1919.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: town in Volta Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Coffee Jellah”, “Dzelu Kope”, “Dzelukofe”, “Dzelukorpe”, “Jelakofwe”, “Jella Koffi”, “Jellu-kofi”, and “Jelu Kofwi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Keta Senior High Technical School and Fort Prinzenstein.
Keta Senior High Technical School
School
Photo: Noahalorwu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Keta Senior High Technical School formerly Keta Secondary School, is a mixed Public Senior High School located at Dzelukope, a town in the Keta Municipal District of the Volta Region, Ghana.
Fort Prinzenstein
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Prinzenstein is a fort located at Keta, Ghana, which was used in the slave trade. Many such forts were built in Africa, but Prinzenstein is one of the few that lie east of the Volta River. Fort Prinzenstein is situated 3½ km north of Dzelukope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tegbi and Weh.
Tegbi
Town
Tegbi is a small town in the Keta Municipal district of the Volta Region of Ghana. It is mainly populated by Ewe people. Tegbi is situated 4½ km south of Dzelukope.
Weh
Village
Woe is a small rural town in Ghana's Volta region near the larger town of Keta. Woe's economy relies heavily on fishing. The predominant local language of Woe is Ewe, with the population predominantly of the Ewe tribe. Weh is situated 7 km southwest of Dzelukope.
Dzelukope
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Keta, Volta Region, Ghanaian Coastal Plain, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.89351° or 5° 53′ 37″ northLongitude
0.98589° or 0° 59′ 9″ eastElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
6FQ2VXVP+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2937037920OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Dzelukope” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dzelukope”
- Hausa: “Dzelukope”
- Irish: “Dzelukope”
- Turkish: “Dzelukope”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Peter Claver RC Church and Pioneers Library.
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