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Winneba
Simpa | |
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_North_Campus.jpg) North Campus of University of Education, Winneba | |
 Winneba is located 55 km west of Accra and 140 km east of Cape Coast | |
  Winneba Location of Winneba in Central region, South Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 5°21′00″N 0°37′30″W / 5.35000°N 0.62500°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Central Region |
| District | Effutu Municipal District |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 55331[1] |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Winneba is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana. Winneba has a population of 60331.[1] Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa,[2] is a historic fishing port in south Ghana, lying on the south coast, 140 kilometres (90 mi) east of Cape Coast.[2][3][4] The current member of parliament is Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin.[5][6]
- ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ a b "Central Region". Ghana Embassy in Japan. Retrieved 28 April 2006.
- ^ Kwesi Ewusi Brown, "Social Conflicts in Contemporary Effutu Festivals", 2005, Masters Thesis for Bowling Green State University, advisor Steven Cornelius, p. 1
- ^ Brown, 2005, pp. 2-3
- ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "EFUTU MP COMMISSIONS FIVE PROJECTS TO FOSTER DEVELOPMENT – Effutu Municipal Assembly". Retrieved 2024-11-12.