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Town in Savannah Region, Ghana
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Salaga is the capital of East Gonja Municipal in the Volta Basin region of Ghana. Once one of the most important market towns in West Africa, it was the largest slave market in the region in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today it is a historic, predominantly Gonja town with a large market, old slave wells and cemeteries, and serves as a gateway between Tamale and the southern Volta Lake area.
TZ with ayoyo / groundnut soup, jollof rice, waakye. Simple but filling.
Ataya tea shops, pito (millet beer), zomkom, plus sachet water and soft drinks.
Major market for yams, maize, kola nuts, livestock, cloth, and household goods. Bargain and bring small cedi notes.
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