Ada Traditional Area

E829503

Ada Traditional Area is a traditional Ghanaian coastal region in the Greater Accra area, known for its Ga-Dangme (Ada) people, chieftaincy institutions, and lagoon- and estuary-based communities such as Ada Foah.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ada Traditional Area canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative area ⓘ
traditional area ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Volta River ⓘ
coastalZone Yes ⓘ
containsSettlement Ada Foah ⓘ
Anyamam ⓘ
Azizanya ⓘ
Big Ada ⓘ
Kasseh ⓘ
Pediatorkope ⓘ
Totope ⓘ
containsWaterBody Songor Lagoon ⓘ
Volta River estuary ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ada people ⓘ
Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
hasCapital Ada Foah ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity artisanal fishing ⓘ
salt mining ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEstuary Volta River estuary ⓘ
hasFestival Asafotufiam Festival ⓘ
hasLagoon Songor Lagoon Ramsar site ⓘ
linked to: Songor Lagoon
hasRulerTitle Ada Mantse ⓘ
Paramount Chief of Ada ⓘ
knownFor Ada Foah beach resorts ⓘ
beach tourism ⓘ
coconut plantations ⓘ
estuary-based communities ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
lagoon-based communities ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
language Ada language ⓘ
languageFamily Ga-Dangme languages ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Accra Region ⓘ
southeastern Ghana ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean coast ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic coast

Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
partOf Dangme East area ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Traditional African religion ⓘ
traditionalAuthorityRecognizedBy Government of Ghana ⓘ
traditionalCapital Big Ada ⓘ
traditionalCouncil Ada Traditional Council ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ada Foah → partOf → Ada Traditional Area ⓘ
Asafotufiam festival → location → Ada Traditional Area ⓘ
Ada Traditional Council → governs → Ada Traditional Area ⓘ