Shama
Shama is a coastal town in the Shama district in the Ghanaian Coastal Plain. It is known for its lush beaches and vegetation. It is about 25 km away from Takoradi and 160 km from Ivoiro, the border town between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
- Type: Town
- Description: fishing town in Ghana
- Also known as: “Chama”, “Chamah”, “Esema kokobiriko”, “Shama, Ghana”, and “Sima”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fort São Sebastião de Xama and Shama District.
Fort São Sebastião de Xama
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Shama District
Government office
Shama District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana.
Shama
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Shama District, Western Region, Ghanaian Coastal Plain, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.0103° or 5° 0′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.629° or 1° 37′ 44″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
6CQW296C+4C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Shama” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Shama”
- Cebuano: “Shama”
- Dutch: “Shama”
- Fanti: “Esema Nkwanta”
- French: “Shama”
- Ga: “Shama”
- German: “Shama”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Shama”
- Hausa: “Shama, Ghana”
- Hausa: “Shama”
- Hebrew: “שאמה”
- Interlingue: “Shama”
- Irish: “Shama”
- Italian: “Shama”
- Japanese: “シャマ”
- Southern Dagaare: “Shama”
- Swahili: “Shama, Ghana”
- Swahili: “Shama”
- Swedish: “Shama, Ghana”
- Swedish: “Shama”
- Turkish: “Shama”
- Twi: “Esema Nkwanta”
- Ukrainian: “Шама”
- Urdu: “شاما، گھانا”
- Urdu: “شاما”
- “Shama”
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