Salaga
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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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Salaga
- Region
- Savannah Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 25,472
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Key facts
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- Salaga
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- Town
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- Salaga Slave Tree - panoramio.jpg
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- Salaga slave tree
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- Ghana
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- bottom
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- Location of Salaga in Savannah Region, Ghana
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ghana
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Savannah Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- East Gonja District
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- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 25,472
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- Ethnicities
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- Religions
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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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