Abor, Ghana Explained

Official Name:Abor
Native Name:Abↄ
Native Name Lang:ee
Other Name:Abaw,[1] Abo[2]
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ghana
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ghana
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ghana
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Volta Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Keta Municipal District
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Anlo Ewe
Timezone:GMT
Timezone Dst:GMT
Coordinates:6.0608°N 0.8636°W
Elevation M:55
Elevation Ft:183

Abor (Abaw, Abↄ) is a town in the Keta Municipal District of the Volta Region in southeast Ghana. Abor lies east of the Volta River and just north of the Keta Lagoon. Abor is known for Abor Senior High School, often referred to as ABORSCO.[3] [4] The school is a second cycle institution.

History

Abor is home to the Anlo Ewe people who migrated there in the later part of the seventeenth century.[5] They formed the Anlo Kingdom of which Abor was a part.

From the European perspective Abor was a part of the Dutch "area of influence" of Keta beginning about 1784, until taken over by the British and then folded into the British Gold Coast colony, which subsequently became Ghana.

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Notes and References

  1. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. Web site: Abor SHS Lacks Infrastructure. 10 December 2015. Modern Ghana. en. 2019-04-24.
  4. Web site: Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education. ghanaschoolsinfo.org. en. 2019-04-24.
  5. Amenumey, D. E. K. (1968) "The Extension of British Rule to Anlo (South-East Ghana)" The Journal of African History 9(1): pp. 997 - 117; JSTOR copy