Ashaiman

Ashaiman is a large town in the Greater Accra Region of southern Ghana and the capital of the Ashaiman Municipal District, which lies next to the port city of Tema. Its name is said to come from the Ga words Ashai, the first name of its founder Ibrahim Nii Ashai, and mang, meaning town, so the name means Ashai's town. According to local tradition Nii Ashai moved there from Tema, and the settlement then grew as squatters who had come to build Tema occupied government land. The 2021 census counted 208,060 people for the town and district together. The population is mixed, with Ga-Adangbe, Ga, Guan, Hausa, Fante, Dagomba, Ewe, Ashanti and Akuapem groups all present, and most residents are Christian, with a large Muslim minority. The town has a tropical savanna climate with a wet and a dry season, and its main economic sectors are agriculture, manufacturing and services.