Ashaiman
For other uses, see Ashaiman (disambiguation).
| Ashaiman Ashiaman | |
|---|---|
| Town & District Capital | |
  Ashaiman Location of Ashaiman in Greater Accra region | |
| Coordinates: 5°42′N 0°02′W / 5.700°N 0.033°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Greater Accra Region |
| District | Ashaiman Municipal District |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 298,841[1] |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT (UTC) |
Ashaiman (often wrongly spelled as "Ashiaman") is a large town in Greater Accra Region of South Ghana and is the capital of Ashaiman Municipal district, a district in Greater Accra Region.[2] Ashaiman has a not well known number of settlement population being estimated between some hundred thousands up to over one million people (298,841 inhabitants according to World Gazetter).[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Ashaiman | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32 (90) |
33 (92) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
31 (87) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (85) |
30 (86) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
30.8 (87.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 24 (75) |
25 (77) |
24 (76) |
26 (78) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (76) |
23 (73) |
24 (75.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8 (0.3) |
10 (0.4) |
25 (1.0) |
127 (5.0) |
152 (6.0) |
152 (6.0) |
76 (3.0) |
25 (1.0) |
76 (3.0) |
76 (3.0) |
25 (1.0) |
5 (0.2) |
757 (29.9) |
| Source: Myweather2.com[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
- ↑ Greater Accra » Ashaiman Municipal district.
- ↑ "Ashaiman Weather Averages". Myweather2. 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
History
Ashaiman was founded by Nii Ashai after he had moved from Tema. Ashaiman is therefore named after him meaning Ashai's town.[1]
Institutions of Higher Education
- Ashaiman Senior High School* was founded on September 1990 by the Provisonal National Defence Council. The school began with 39 students and two teachers.Currently the school has a population of about 1,400 students and 104 teachers.Courses offered in the school include General Arts,General Science,Agriculture,Business and Visual Arts [2]
See also
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