Tema

Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of approximately 161,612 people – a marked decrease from its 2005 figure of 209,000. The Greenwich Meridian (00 Longitude) passes directly through the city. It also had the Meridian Rock. Tema is locally nicknamed the "Harbour City" because of its status as Ghana's largest seaport. It consists of 25 different comm

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Settlement.official_name: Tema
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Tema Montage.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 260px
Settlement.image_caption: First-left picture: Cargo ships with Intermodal containers being loaded in the Industrial Tema Harbour • First-top right picture: Petroleum Processing and Refining Plant and Natural-Gas Processing Plant in Tema • Second-bottom right picture: Valco Roundabout of State-owned Aluminium Corporation Valco (Volta Aluminum Company) in Tema
Settlement.blank_emblem_link: Tema Metropolis District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ghana#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ghana##Location in Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Admin. Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Greater Accra Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tema Metropolitan District
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La
Settlement.elevation_m: 1

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Population: 161612
Elevation: 1
Official website: tma.gov.gh
Image: Tema (city)1.JPG

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History
Climate
Economy
Industry
Seaport
Fishing harbor
Development
Transportation
Education
Twin cities
Notable people
References
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Tema is a city constructed on the site of a small fishing village. Tema was commissioned by Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, and grew rapidly after the construction of a large harbor in 1961. The Tema metropolis was designed, planned and developed by the award-winning urban planner and Ghana's first architect, Theodore S. Clerk. The design team included a number of architects trained in London at the Architectural Association. It is now a major trading center, home to an oil refinery and numerous factories, and is linked to Accra by a highway and railway. Tema is one of Ghana's two deep seaports, the other being Sekondi-Takoradi. Tema became an Autonomous Council in 1974 and was elevated to the status of a Metropolitan Assembly in December 1990. Tema metropolitan forms part of the sixteen Metropolis, Municipalities and Districts in the Greater Accra Region. The Metropolitan shares boundaries with Ashaiman Municipal, Adenta Municipal District, and Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal District to the west respectively, to the east with Kpone Katamanso District, to the North with Dangme West District and to the South with the Gulf of Guinea.