Keta

Keta is a coastal town and the capital of the Keta Municipal District in the Volta Region of Ghana, with a recorded population of 23,207. It was an important trading post between the 14th and the late 20th centuries. The Somey Ewes were the original people of the area, and Keta was settled by the Anlo Ewe, who migrated in the 17th century from Ketu in Benin by way of Adja Tado and Notsie in Togo; Awanyedor and Akaga, sons of Torgbui Wenya, the founder of the Anlo State, left Anloga to found Keta as a fishing village. After the Anlo-Danish War of 1784 the Danes built Fort Prizenstein there, which let Keta flourish in commerce. A civil war between Keta and Anloga in 1794, initiated by the Danes, ended in the defeat of Keta and substantially weakened the Anlo people.