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Takoradi

British  
/ ˌtɑːkəˈrɑːdɪ /

noun

  1. the chief port of Ghana, in the southwest on the Gulf of Guinea: modern harbour opened in 1928. Pop (with Sekondi): 335 000 (2005 est)

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Eric Schmitt reported from Takoradi and Accra, Ghana, and has covered U.S. military operations in Africa for three decades.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

Today the team has about 60 air-quality sensors deployed across Ghana in the cities of Accra, Tema, Cape Coast, Takoradi and Kumasi.

From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023

Takoradi, a dusty, run-down port city, is the hub for the new industry.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2011

There is ambition and expectation, but there is also uncertainty about who is going to gain and who is going to lose now that Takoradi has become an oil city.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2011

On the western edge of the Ghanaian city of Takoradi, newly built villas with wide verandas are rapidly eating into green forest and farmland.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2011

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