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|official_name = Akwidaa
|other_name = Akwidaa New Town
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|pushpin_map_caption =Location of Akwidaa in [[Western Region (Ghana)|Western Akanland]]
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'''Akwidaa''' is a small town and [[fishing village]] in the [[Western Region (Ghana)|Western
==Economy==
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Most business is conducted in the village without legal paperwork and many of the surrounding village chiefs own the land and the coconut trees and all purchases must be transacted through them. Business deals are based on trust and spoken words. A new landowner can buy a tree from the village chiefs and has the options of felling it, or keeping the trees standing and harvesting the coconuts on a farm.
The recent oil discovery in
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==References==
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{{Akanland-geo-stub}}
{{fishing history|expanded=villages}}
{{Western Region, Ghana}}
[[Category:Villages in Akanland]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Western Region (Ghana)]]
[[Category:Fishing villages]]
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