Official Name: | Essam |
Settlement Type: | District Capital |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ghana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western North Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bia West District |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 6.6667°N -9°W |
Elevation M: | 177 |
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.[1] [2]