Dambai is a city in the Oti Region of Ghana and the capital of that region. It lies on the eastern side of the Oti River, a tributary of the Volta Lake, in the heart of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority area. Dambai was declared the regional capital when the Oti Region was carved out of the Volta Region, and the Legislative Instrument naming it capital was given by the President on 15 February 2019. Its people live mainly by farming and fishing on the River Oti, and the town has a teacher training college, a nursing school and several senior high schools. Several peoples live there, among them the Nchumuru and the Nawuri, and the indigenous people keep the Kipor Day every sixth day.
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Source Oti Region (Wikipedia)
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1. GeoNames: GeoNames: Dambai, seat of a first-order administrative division
GeoNamesPlace details, timezone
Timezone Africa/Accra
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Elevation ca. 116 m
Place details, population
Population 22,445
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Dambai is a city and the capital of the Oti Region of Ghana.
Oti Region (Wikipedia)
Capital Of: Oti Region, Lead, capitalQuote, Capital Of: Oti Region, Lead, capital
The region was inaugurated on May 14, 2019 with Dambai as its capital.
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