Ashaiman

Ashaiman (often wrongly spelled as "Ashiaman") is a large town in Greater Accra Region of South Ghana and is the capital of Ashaiman Municipal district, a district in Greater Accra Region. Ashaiman has a not well known number of settlement population being estimated between some hundred thousands up to over one million people (298,841 inhabitants according to World Gazetter).

Climate

History

Ashaiman was founded by Nii Ashai after he had moved from Tema. Ashaiman is therefore named after him meaning Ashai's town."

In the Seventeenth Century, Nii Atanya from Tema came to make a village for himself and comes to farm whenever the fishing season was over and he named the area “Nmpo-Asei village” (now commonly known as Official-Town). Later, he brought his children namely Naa Merly, Nii Tetteh, Naa Morkor, Naa Maakai, Naa Maatso and Naa Maafoo.

Nii Ashai was a friend of Nii Atanya who hailed from Naa Amorkortse Royal family of Tema. He spent most of his life time at Koforidua and got married at that village. One day, Nii Atanya met his friend Nii Ashai at Tema fishing shore mending net. He brought him to the village to know his new settlement. Nii Ashai requested to live with him for a season to farm a portion of land. After a period of time, Nii Ashai became interested in the farming after a handful harvest and therefore requested to settle with him in the Nmpo-Asei Village. He came along with Nii Doku his only son.