Essam
Essam is a small town and is the capital of Bia West District, a district in the Western North Region of Ghana. The people there are mainly Sefwi people and their common language is the Sefwi language.- Type: Village
- Description: district Capital of Bia West in Western North Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Essam, Ghana” and “Sefwi Essam”
Essam
- Categories: chef-lieu, city, and locality
- Location: Bia, Western North Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.66638° or 6° 39′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.10782° or 3° 6′ 28″ westOpen location code
6CRRMV8R+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2189770741OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q5399339
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Swedish—“Essam” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Ɛssam”
- Akan: “Sehwi Ɛssam”
- Asturian: “Essam”
- Dutch: “Essam”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Essam, Ghana”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Essam”
- Hausa: “Essam”
- Italian: “Essam”
- Japanese: “エッサム”
- Kusaal: “Essam”
- Southern Dagaare: “Essam”
- Southern Dagaare: “Sefwi Essam”
- Swedish: “Essam-Debiso”
- “Essam”
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