Ghana🇬🇭- Ivory Coast🇨🇮Boarder Town Sampa in the Jaman North District#ghana#accra #theseekerghana

Sampa is a town in the Bono Region of Ghana, on the border with Côte d'Ivoire. It is the capital of Jaman North District, and was formerly the site of a Slave market. It was also the capital of the Akan State of Gyaaman in the late 15th century. It is the biggest border town in Ghana with a population of over 36,000. It is the principal town of the Nafana ethnic group. They speak the Nafaanra language and equally speak Twi as a second language because Sampa is a cosmopolitan society. Nafaanra is also spoken in Banda District, parts of Tain District and Bondoukou District of Cote d'Ivoire. Please if you have not subscribed to the channel I will entreat you to do well to click on the red subscribe button, wait for some few minutes you will see a notification bell click on it and select all to get notified anytime we post our videos Agriculture, commerce, industrialisation, and service are Sampa's main economic activities. Sampa was a slave market place in Africa during the Atlantic slave trade, and it is now a Cashew market center in Ghana. In Sampa, cashew buyers and purchasers from India and Vietnam have warehouses. Cashew nuts are transported to Sampa before being shipped to Tema for export by these enterprises' merchants in Bole, Wenchi, Dormaa, Techiman, Banda, and neighboring Cote d'Ivoire. Mondays are market days in Sampa once more. The Sampa Market is one of the largest in the Bono Region, with foreigners from Cote d'Ivoire and other parts of the country buying and selling goods. If you want the best aky3k3 to eat then that will be at Sampa. Sampa is derived from two Nafaanra words; Se (Go) and Pa (Come), when the two words are combined as 'Sempa', it means, "When you go come back." Sempa has now assumed the orthographic form 'Sampa'. Sampa, capital of the Jaman North Municipal was originally called Sikasoko. It means gold powder. This explains the abundant gold in the area in times past. In 1890s when the British and French colonialists established a boundary between their territories, Sampa which was known as Sikasoko was designated headquarters. Before Sunyani became the capita, Sampa had served as capital of the district, which comprised Jaman, Wenchi, Techiman, Berekum, Wam (Dormaa), Ahafo, Odumasi and Sunyani. Thank you for watching our video and keep watching our videos for amazing content Please if you have not Subscribed to the channel I will entreat you to click on the red button to subscribe to our channel. Wait for some time and click on the notification bell and select all to always get notified of our post. #ghana #sampa #accra #theseekerghana #kumasi #projects #DIY #western #wodemaya #africantigress #trending