Abokobi
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Abokobi is a small town and is the capital of Ga East Municipal District, an MMDA located within the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.{{cite web|title=ABOKOBI GREATER ACCRA REGION|url=http://ghana-net.com/ABOKOBI.aspx|publisher=ghana-net.com|accessdate=20 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702233212/http://ghana-net.com/ABOKOBI.aspx|archivedate=2 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
The settlement was founded in 1854 by missionaries of the "Basler Missionsgesellschaft" (Basel Mission) for Christian refugees, who had left Osu (the former Danish-Accra, around Christiansborg) after the British colonial government had bombarded Osu from the Sea in response to the refusal of the inhabitants to pay the newly introduced head tax.
Town structure
The town is under the jurisdiction of the Ga East District and is in the Abokobi-Madina constituency of the Ghana parliament.{{cite web |url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf |title=Elections 2004. Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections|accessdate=2011-06-13 |page=11 |publisher=Electoral Commission of Ghana| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110522115353/http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf| archivedate= 22 May 2011 | url-status= live}}
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Category:Populated places in the Ga East Municipal District
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