Chorkor | |
|---|---|
  Chorkor Location in Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 5°31′39″N 0°13′55″W / 5.52750°N 0.23194°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Greater Accra Region |
| District | Accra Metropolis |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Chorkor is a fishing village and a neighbourhood in the Accra Metropolis district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[1][2] The Chorkor oven got its name from here.[3] Chorkor is a densely populated community.[4][5] Ga-Dangme is the largest ethnic group in Chorkor, followed by Akan.[6] Chorkor has electricity, water pipes, schools, and clinics.[7] Chorkor is popularly known for being the birthplace of the Azonto dance.[8]
References
- ↑ "Accra Metropolis District". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- ↑ Integration of Municipal Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. lumes.lu.se.
- ↑ Bonga processing. fao.org.
- ↑ Stephen Appiah endorses WASH United Campaign Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine. wash-united.org.
- ↑ Strengthening the capicity. web.mit.edu.
- ↑ A comparative study of ethnic residential segregation in Ghana's two largest cities, Accra and Kumasi, by George Owusu and Samuel Agyei-Mensah.
- ↑ Welcome to the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. ucl.ac.uk.
- ↑ "Ghana's Azonto Dance hits global entertainment stage". myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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