Keta

Keta is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Keta Municipal District. Keta is the 61st maximum populous settlement in Ghana in phrases of population, with a population of 23,207. Keta was settled by way of the Anlo Ewe, a sub-organization of the Ewe folks that, inside the 17th century, migrated to the area from Ketu, in Benin. Keta become an important buying and selling put up between the 14th and the late 20th centuries.

The metropolis attracted the interest of the Danish, because they felt they might establish a base right here without interference from rival European nations. Their first initiative turned into to area a component at Keta to sell alcohol. In 1792, a conflict among Anloga and Keta broke out. Faced with the threat of war among Peki and an alliance of the Ashanti and the Akwamu, the North German Missionary Society moved the focus of their sports from Peki to Keta. Their missionaries, Dauble and Plessing, landed at nearby Dzelukofe on September 2, 1853. Historically Keta turned into additionally known as Quittah and changed into assigned B27 as a postal mark.