TEMA, City, Ghana

tāmə, city (1984 pop. 99,608), SE Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. With the opening of an artificial harbor in 1961, Tema developed from a small fishing village to become Ghana's leading seaport and an industrial center. Most of the country's chief export, cacao, is shipped from Tema. Manufactures include aluminum, steel, refined petroleum, soap, processed fish, chocolate, textiles, cement, and chemicals.

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books on: Tema City Ghana  - 35 results

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Critical Perspectives in Politics and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana
Book by Wisdom J. Tettey, Korbla P. Puplampu, Bruce J. Berman; Brill, 2003
Subjects: Democratization--Ghana, Ghana--Economic Policy, Ghana--Politics And Government--1979-, Indigenous Peoples--Ghana
...married women, University of Ghana Law Journal, 17 Kumado...Constitutional Rule in Ghana: 1993 1999 Assessment...Akwapim Handbook. Tema: Ghana Publishing Corporation...Environmental Awareness of Educated City Dwellers in Ghana. Unpublished...
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Culture and Customs of Ghana
Book by Steven J. Salm, Toyin Falola; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Ghana--Civilization, Ghana--Social Life And Customs
GEOGRAPHY Ghana is situated along the coastline...Burkina Faso is to the north of Ghana, Cote dIvoire is to the...Meridian passes through the port city of Tema, sixteen miles east of the...Accra. The Republic of Ghana is home to 18.5 million...
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The Last Emerging Market: From Asian Tigers to African Lions?: The Ghana File
Book by Nathaniel H. Bowditch; Praeger Publishers, 1999
Subjects: Business Enterprises, Foreign--Ghana, Business Enterprises--Ghana, Businesspeople--Ghana, Ghana--Civilization, Ghana--Social Conditions, Management--Ghana
...families outside the capital city and this always mystified...the United States. In Ghana, it is all about being...International Training Ghana Semester Abroad students...Bishop Peter Sarpong, Ghana in Retrospect: Some Aspects of Ghanaian Culture Tema: Ghana Publishing Corporation...
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Population, Urbanization, and Rural Settlement in Ghana: A Bibliographic Survey
Book by Joseph A. Sarfoh; Greenwood Press, 1987
Subjects: Ghana--Population--Bibliography, Land Settlement--Ghana--Bibliography, Urbanization--Ghana--Bibliography
...Vital Events in Selected Cities of Ghana: An Analysis...Parenthood Federation IPPF Ghana Family Planning IPPF...Triglossia at Larteh, Ghana." In Patterns in Language...Historical Society of Ghana 6 :2 1962 : 1-29. 1063 Kecherr. "Tema 1951-1962: The Evolution of a Planned City in West Africa." Urban...
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Political Corruption: The Ghana Case
Book by Victor T. Le Vine; Hoover Institution Press, 1975
Subjects: Ghana--Politics And Government, Political Corruption--Ghana
Ghana Prisons . 1968. Prisons Commission...Enquiry into the Affairs of the Kumasi City Council . 1969. Totoe Commission Report...Commission of Enquiry into the Accra-Tema City Council . 1969. Accra-Tema Commission Report of the Commission...
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journal articles on: Tema City Ghana  - 18 results

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International Articles: Measures of Real Estate Values from Land Registration and Valuation Systems in Emerging Economies: the Case of Ghana
Journal article by Wilfred K. Anim-Odame, Tony Key, Simon Stevenson; Journal of Real Estate Literature, Vol. 17, 2009
Subjects: Ghana, Neighborhoods, Property values, Real estate sales, Studies, Transfer of title
...population of 1,853,540 (Ghana Statistical Service...The neighboring city of Tema with a population of...is the sixth largest city. It is 18 kilometers...Together, the two cities (Exhibit 2) form the...industrial conurbation in Ghana. Within the cities...distinct locations, while Tema is classified as a single...
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Effects of Socio-Demographic Variables on Birth Intervals in Ghana
Journal article by Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Tim B. Heaton; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 24, 1993
Subjects: Birth intervals--Research, Fertility, Human--Statistics, Ghana--Demographic aspects, Ghanaians--Social aspects
...in the timing of births in Ghana could be a reflection of...contains Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Accra is a primate city and together with Tema, it has the heaviest concentration...Africa, matrilineal groups in Ghana have much shorter periods...
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"Me Do Wu," My Val: the Creation of Valentine's Day in Accra, Ghana
Journal article by Jo Ellen Fair; African Studies Review, Vol. 47, 2004
Subjects: Accra Ghana, Holidays & special occasions, Media, Popular culture, Social life & customs
...and the smaller cities of Tema and Kumasi (interviews...near its Kansas City headquarters...transported via Ghana Airways to Placito...economic changes in Ghana increasingly challenge...especially in cities (Pellow 1977...plenty going on in Ghana. It just doesnt...Ghanas capital city find in the celebration...
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Horticultural Exports and Livelihood Linkages of Rural Dwellers in Southern Ghana: an Agricultural Household Modeling Application
Journal article by Victor Afari-Sefa; The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 44, 2010
Subjects: Agricultural policy, Developing countries--LDCs, Exports, Ghana, Horticulture, Households, Nonlinear programming, Studies
...exportable pineapples from Ghana. The district population...the national average (Ghana Statistical Service...23km from the capital city, making it easily accessible...seaports at Accra and Tema respectively. Besides...savanna transition zones of Ghana, where the farming system...
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Structural Adjustment Programs and Housing Affordability in Accra, Ghana
Journal article by Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang; The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 45, 2001
Subjects: Developing countries, Economic history--Social aspects, Ghana, Housing development--Economic aspects, Housing--Prices and rates, Poverty--Prevention
...These `strangers to the city were somehow content...build or own homes in the city even if they could afford...most migrants to the city were still attached to...accommodation in the towns and cities increased with rapid...or assisted housing in Ghana. Following the return...Housing Corporation, the Tema Development Corporation...
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magazine articles on: Tema City Ghana  - 26 results

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Ghana: 'We Want Oil to Be a Blessing for All'; Ghana Will Join the Club of Global Oil Producers in Either Late 2009 or Early 2010 When Production Starts in the Tano Basin of the Gulf of Guinea, off the Coast of the Western Region Where "Significant" Oil Deposits Were Discovered Last Year, Reports Tom Mbakwe
Magazine article by Tom Mbakwe; New African, April 2008
Subjects: Gas industry--Planning, Gas industry--Production management, Ghana National Petroleum Corp.--Planning, Ghana National Petroleum Corp.--Production management, Petroleum products--Production data, Petroleum refineries--Economic aspects, Petroleum refineries--Production data, Petroleum refineries--Social aspects
...deliberate misinformation." Ghana has one major oil refinery situated in the port city of Tema with a capacity of 45...Takoradi to handle what Tema cant refine from the Jubilee...studies show that mainland Ghana might be sitting on large...
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Ghana: Seeing Double; Research Has Shown That West Africa Has the Highest Rate of Fraternal Twinning in the World. Now, a New Foundation Has Brought Together Some 800 Identical Twins at the First Ever Festival of Twins in Ghana. Douglas Akwasi Owusu Reports from Accra
Magazine article by Douglas Akwasi Owusu; New African, July 2005
Subjects: Ghana--Fairs and festivals, Nonprofit organizations--Fairs and festivals, Twins--Demographic aspects, Twins--Fairs and festivals, West Africa--Demographic aspects
...rank and file of twins in Ghana. It is not known how...association to form the Ghana Twins Foundation. Founded...Modernisation of the Capital City. Speaking on the activities...home in the port city of Tema, Zena and Maya say they...the idea of forming the Ghana Twins Foundation when...
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No, You Can't Have Your Industries: How Nkrumah's Dream to Industrialise Ghana as a Model for the Whole of Africa Was Frustrated
Magazine article; New African, February 2002
Subjects: Ghana, Industrial development--Ghana, Industrialization--Ghana, Nkrumah, Kwame--Economic policy, Volta River--Economic aspects
...the port and harbour at Tema, will have a massive...accessible to areas of Ghana too far from the sea...the port and harbour at Tema was an integral part...providing modern amenities. Tema is Ghanas first planned city. To see its construction...
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Ghana, 1963: A Memoir
Magazine article by David Levering Lewis; American Scholar, Vol. 68, Winter 1999
Subjects: African American college faculty--Social aspects, African American college teachers--Social aspects, College faculty--Social aspects, College teachers--Social aspects, Ghana--Social aspects
...from St. Augustines City of God through Rousseaus...referendum that transformed Ghana into a republic...human face and the city that had given birth...its race relations. Ghana Broadcasting and the...that would provide Ghana with a surplus of...deepwater port at Tema. While I was in this...
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Building Ghana One Property at a Time
Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, November 2011
Subjects: Economic conditions--Forecasts and trends, Real estate--Forecasts and trends, Real estate--Statistics, Real property--Forecasts and trends, Real property--Statistics
...mid and lower segment in Ghana. Obviously, there is...income housing projects in Ghana." A combination of strong...the eastern half of the city, including North Labone...in the coastal town of Tema is also increasing, while...of the population. In Ghana, the government often...
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newspaper articles on: Tema City Ghana  - 7 results

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National Day of Ghana
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 6, 2009
...Equator, therefore giving it a warm climate. The Greenwich Meridian passes through Ghana, specifically through the industrial city of Ghana-Tema. It is said that Ghana is geographically closer to the "center" of the world than any other country...
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Champagne, Girls and an Obsession for Making Money
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 16, 2011
...win. At his desk in the City of London, at home and...respectable background in Ghana, in some respects Adoboli...lifestyle of the archetypal City trader. He mixed champagne...thriving Ghanaian coastal city of Tema to affluent parents, his...
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Champagne, Girls and an Obsession for Making Money
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 16, 2011
...win. At his desk in the City of London, at home and...respectable background in Ghana, in some respects Adoboli...lifestyle of the archetypal City trader. He mixed champagne...thriving Ghanaian coastal city of Tema to affluent parents, his...
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Champagne, Girls and an Obsession for Making Money
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 16, 2011
...win. At his desk in the City of London, at home and...respectable background in Ghana, in some respects Adoboli...lifestyle of the archetypal City trader. He mixed champagne...thriving Ghanaian coastal city of Tema to affluent parents, his...
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Births
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 24, 2006
...Jaime Alonso, all of Mexico City, Mexico. - Carl Justin Dorog...Crispin and Fe Doldolea, Cebu City, Philippines. - Eva Danielle...and Elizabeth Gunn, Accra, Ghana; Walter and Janet Kuma, Tema, Ghana. - Sergio Janel Renteria...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tema City Ghana  - 3 results

 
 
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Tema , City, Ghana
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TEMA , city, Ghana tam , city (1984 pop. 99,608), SE Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. With the opening of an artificial harbor in 1961, Tema developed from a small fishing village to become Ghanas...
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Ghana , Country, Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...officially Republic of Ghana, republic (2005 est...The capital and largest city is Accra . Land and People Modern Ghana comprises the former...and the far north of Ghana are savanna areas; in...Accra), other important cities are Kumasi , Tema , Sekondi-Takoradi...
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Accra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACCRA kra , ak r , city (1984 pop. 867,459), capital of Ghana, a port on the Gulf...interior, and with Tema , a major seaport...economic center of Ghana. Riots in the city...national museum, the Ghana Academy of Arts and...


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