Dodowa

Dodowa is a town located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, it is the district capital of Dangme West district, now Shai Osudoku District.[1]

Dodowa
District Capital
Dodowa
Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 5°53′N 0°7′E
Country Ghana
RegionGreater Accra Region
DistrictDangme West District
Elevation
554 ft (169 m)

The city is 39 km from the capital city, Accra. The notable tourist site found there is the Dodowa Forest. They celebrate "Ngmayemi festival".[2] There is a Historical Forest where the Katamanso war ended. The Tsenku Waterfall is located in the Historical Dodowa Forest. This beautiful waterfall drops from a height of about 250 feet, running on stratified rocks into a cool, clean and clear pool with a large tilapia population. The Tsenku stream is joined by two other streams "Sanyade" and "Popotsi" before meandering into the sea.[3].

There is also the Dodowa Health Research Centre which majors in health related researches and implementation researches.

Education

There are several schools in Dodowa. The Ghana Christian International High School (GCIHS) is located about 6km on the main Dodowa-Afienya road. The school is made up of a Junior High School and a Senior High School. [4]

gollark: An actual employee? No. We'll use HTech™ Personality Constructs™.
gollark: Also, to help with sleep monitoring, it will ship with an optional EEG headset.
gollark: A what? No, this is the osmarksßßsmartwatch™.
gollark: Anyway, the osmarksßßsmartwatch™ will also incorporate the latest sensor technology, like an accelerometer, a compass for some reason also, a thermometer, a barometer, a humidity sensor, a light level/UV/IR sensor, an ultrasonic distance sensor, a regular microphone, an irregular microphone, lidar, radar, an infrared thing, two incompatible software defined radios, that one weird IC some company made for some reason to detect lightning strikes nearby, a spectrometer, LEDs abused as photodetectors, a DVD player (DVDs must be shrunken or trimmed before use), a portable DNA sequencer, a multi-axis Hall effect sensor, phased array satellite transceivers, atmospheric bismuth concentration meters, an apiometer, a mouse trackball, an optical mouse (miniaturized), a full 22-key keyboard, 3 dedicated hardware buttons, a fan noise detector and estimator, and a blood oxygen concentration reader.
gollark: We'll send them cardboard models.

References
  1. "15 farmers honoured at Dodowa". ghananewsagency.org. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. "city (town): Dodowa: map, population, location". tiptopglobe.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. "The State Of Tsenku Waterfalls In Dodowa". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  4. "Ghana Christian International High wins The Junior Sharks competition". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-11.

Media related to Dodowa at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.