History of Abutia Community.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Abutia, also: Abutia Area, is a Kingdom in West Africa, in the East of the Republic of Ghana, Volta Region.
HISTORY
Abutia is a traditional area in Ghana with Teti, Agorve and Kloe as its three (3) main towns.
In colonial time Abutia was part of Togoland as German Colony from 1984 to 1916 and British Colony from 1916 to 1945. When Ghana gained independence on 6 March 1957, Abutia became part of the Republic of Ghana.
In 1992 the parliament enacted the new constitution of the Republic of Ghana, in which the traditional areas got cultural sovereignty (subnational monarchy). In 2008 a special decree of the chieftaincy was established.
Since 1998 the Togbe (King) and traditional ruler is Togbe Abutia Kodzo Gidi V.
Geography and Territory
The traditional national territory of Abutia is located between latitudes 6.33˚ 3ˈ N and 6.93˚ 6ˈ N and longitudes 0.17˚ 4ˈ E and 0.53˚ 39ˈ E. It shares boundaries with th eAfadjato area to the North, the Adaklu District to the South, South Dayi District to the West, Ho Municipal and the Republic of Togo to the East.
It has a total land area of 1.002,79 km².
Sub-divisional Towns
Agorve
Amegame
Amesianya kɔƒe
Agordeke
Avetakpo
Dzanyodake
Forsime
Gbetekpo
Hlorve
Kissifli
Kloe
Kpolukɔƒe
Kpota
Togbave
Tedeafenu
Tedeafenu-Volo
Tegbleve
Teti
Sebekɔƒe
Wodome
National park
The Kalakpa Resource Reserve is the famous national park in Abutia, Ghana. It is located in the South-East of the Abutia Hills Forest Reserve between 6°18' and 6°28' N and 0°17' and 0°30' E and in the Abutia and Adaklu traditional areas. The Kalakpa River divides the Abutia land from the Adaklu land. The Reserve covers an area of about 325 km² square of forest/savanna transition zone, and the dominant vegetation is the dry Borassus-Combretum woodland