Salaga
Salaga is the capital of East Gonja Municipal in the Volta Basin region of Ghana. Once one of the most important market towns in West Africa, it was the largest slave market in the region in the 18th and 19th centuries.- Type: Town with 25,500 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “salaga”, “sallaga”, and “saraga”
Salaga
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: East Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.5506° or 8° 33′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.5197° or 0° 31′ 11″ west
Population
25,500
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
Open location code
6CWXHF2J+64
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OpenStreetMap feature
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