Saltpond

• Name — Saltpond • Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Ghana • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Central Region • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Mfantsiman Municipal • Elevation M — 1 • Population Total — 24,689 • Population As Of — 2013 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Blank1 Title — Ethnicities • Population Blank1 — * Akan • Ga • Ewe • Ashanti • Akuapem • Time Zone — GMT • Time Zone Dst — GMT • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — CM • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 033 • Custom Label Sec1 — Climate • Custom Data Sec1 — Aw

Ever since oil was discovered of the shore of Saltpond in 1970, the town is noted for offshore crude oil resources. Saltpond Offshore Producing Company Limited, and two joint venture partners operate the Saltpond Oil Field. Another important economic sector is agriculture. Due to its proximity to the coast, fishing is popular among the population. Beach resorts can also be found all along the coast. Other major economic sectors in Saltpond are trade, commerce, and industry.

93.8% of the population is religious, while the other 6.2% are not affiliated with any religion. The most largest religion in the town is Christianity (84%); of these, 26.9% are Pentecostal/Charismatic, 23.7% are Protestant, 13% are Catholic, and 21.3% practice other forms of Christianity. Next are Islam (6.9%), traditional religions (0.8%), and other religions (1.4%). Major ethnic groups who live in the town are the Akan, Ga, Ewe, Ashanti, and Akuapem.

Saltpond is located in the Mfantseman Municipal District, which has an area of 300.662 sqkm. The district is bordered by the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District to the west, Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District to the northeast, Ekumfi District to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.

Saltpond has a relatively dry tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with two rainy seasons: a heavier one from March to July and a secondary wetter period in October and November. Despite the modest rainfall, humidity is high, notably in the shorter dry season centred on August and September when the cold Benguela Current extends into the Northern Hemisphere. The mean maximum temperatures on a monthly bases ranges around 29.65 C while the mean minimum temperatures are around 23.45 C.

The primary hospital in the town is the Saltpond Municipal Government Hospital. It was established in 1920 by Sir Gordon Guggisberg with the purpose of serving officers from the Ghana Navy until it was renovated and transferred to the government in 1951.

One notable educational institution in Saltpond is the Mfantsiman Girls' Senior High School, an all-girls second cycle institution and founded by Kwame Nkrumah in 1960.

• Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, politician, deputy minister for Information; member of Parliament for Ablekuma North constituency • Ama Ata Aidoo, writer and former minister of Education • Francis Allotey, mathematical physicist • Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr, author and politician, former member of parliament • Kofi Baako, politician, minister of State in the first republic • Kwamena Bentsi-Enchill, academic and judge, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1971–1972) • Kweku Budu-Acquah, diplomat • Kwesi Dickson, theologian, seventh president of the Methodist Church Ghana • Kobina Hagan, politician, former member of parliament • Kobina Arku Korsah, jurist, first chief justice of Ghana • J. N. K. Taylor, judge, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1980–1990)

• Illustration — St.John_the_Baptist_Catholic_church,_Saltpond_5 • Illustration — saltpond beach • Illustration — pusuban in saltpond • Illustration — methodist church