4°59N 1°43W, pop (2000e) 134 000. Major seaport and capital of Western region, S Ghana; on the Gulf of Guinea, 180 km/112 mi WSW of Accra; founded by the Dutch, 16th-c; Sekondi expanded after construction of railway to Tarkwa (18981903), and merged with Takoradi, 1946; important supply base during World War 2; railway repair, cigarettes, boatbuilding, foodstuffs, trade in minerals.
Sekondi-Takoradi, population 335,000 (2005), is the capital of the Western Region of Ghana.
Sekondi, older and larger, prospered from a railroad built in 1903 to hinterland mineral and timber resources.
Takoradi has a well-equipped technical training centre (Takoradi Technical Institute, TTI, 1,400 students in two shifts) assisted by the German Government through GTZ/GOPA.
Sekondi-Takoradi is a Sister City of Boston (Massachusetts, USA), Oakland (California, USA) and maintains a link with Plymouth England.
Takoradi Technical Institute houses a Fabrication Lab, equipped by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is the first of its kind in Africa.
Mercy Foundation International is an organization that works with vulnerable children and street children.
Coordinates: 4°55′N 1°46′W
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