Salaga
Also known as saraga, sallaga
Salaga is a town and is the capital of East Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of north Ghana. Salaga had a 2012 settlement population of 25,472 people. Salaga was the largest slave market in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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- Locality
- Salaga
- Region
- Savannah Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 25,472
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Salaga is a town and is the capital of East Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of north Ghana. Salaga had a 2012 settlement population of 25,472 people. Salaga was the largest slave market in the 18th and 19th centuries.
==Etymology== The name Salaga comes from the Dagomba word "salgi" which means "To get used to a place of abode".
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