Ghanaian Coastal Plain
Western Region
Shama District

Shama

Shama is a coastal town in the Shama district in the . 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 and .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: fishing town in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Chama”, “Chamah”, “Shama Junction”, “Shama, Ghana”, and “Sima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort São Sebastião de Xama and Shama District.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort São Sebastião or Fort San Sebastian located in Shama, Ghana, is the third oldest fortification in Ghana and it was built in 1523. Along with several other castles in Ghana, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 because of its testimony to the history of European trade, colonization, and exploitation in the region.

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is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, . Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District in 1988, which was created from the former Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Authority Council…

Shama

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
node 5472638449
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2295387
Wiki­data ID
Q226124
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Shama” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Shama”
  • Cebuano: “Shama Junction”
  • Dutch: “Shama Junction”
  • Dutch: “Shama”
  • Fanti: “Esema kokobiriko”
  • Fanti: “Esema Nkwanta”
  • French: “Shama”
  • Ga: “Shama Junction”
  • Ga: “Shama”
  • German: “Shama”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Shama Junction”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Shama”
  • Hausa: “Shama, Ghana”
  • Hausa: “Shama”
  • Hebrew: “שאמה”
  • Interlingue: “Shama”
  • Irish: “Shama”
  • Italian: “Shama”
  • Japanese: “シャマ”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Shama junction”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Shama”
  • Swahili: “Shama, Ghana”
  • Swahili: “Shama”
  • Swedish: “Shama Junction”
  • Swedish: “Shama, Ghana”
  • Swedish: “Shama”
  • Turkish: “Shama”
  • Twi: “Esema kokobiriko”
  • Twi: “Esema Nkwanta”
  • Ukrainian: “Шама”
  • Urdu: “شاما، گھانا”
  • Urdu: “شاما”
  • “Shama”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Shama”. Photo: Sathyan.velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0.