Akatsi
District capital in Volta Region, Ghana
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Akatsi is a small town and is the capital of Akatsi South Municipality, a municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana.[1]
Akatsi
Mornenu | |
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District capital | |
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  Akatsi Location in Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 06°07′51.68″N 00°47′53.56″E | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Volta Region |
| District | Akatsi South District |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
| Area code | 0966 |
Economy
Economic activities in Akatsi are mainly Subsistence agriculture coupled with vibrant buying and selling. Smuggling of clothing from Lomé in Togo through Aflao (the south-eastern border town of Ghana) to Accra.[citation needed] The trans-West Africa highway linking Lomé to Accra through Akatsi also aids an active male dominated transportation business in Akatsi.
Demographics
The inhabitants of Akatsi are Avenor Ewes and the main languages of any social and economic interaction are Ewe and French. The Ewe settled in the area after the exodus of Ewe tribe from Notsie in Togo to this area in the seventeenth century.
Education
Akatsi is home to the teacher training educational institution Akatsi College of Education, which includes over 700 students and has achieved a good reputation in the area for educating tutors.
Climate
| Climate data for Akatsi (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
38.7 (101.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
34.2 (93.6) |
36.6 (97.9) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.5 (0.53) |
25.6 (1.01) |
83.7 (3.30) |
94.2 (3.71) |
176.2 (6.94) |
153.5 (6.04) |
56.2 (2.21) |
31.6 (1.24) |
91.0 (3.58) |
120.2 (4.73) |
73.4 (2.89) |
28.8 (1.13) |
947.9 (37.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 65.3 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||