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Finding the town of Otuam
Searching for a town names "Otuam" near Cape Coast, one thing that appears in Google a lot is Ekumfi Otuam. This is also a small fishing village near Cape Coast, but is in the news as the home town of recently deceased Ghanan President John Evans Atta Mills.

There is considerable discussion of a female traditional leader calling the government donation to the funeral "an insult". The Nana of Ekumfi Otuam, as of summer 2012, is named as: According to Nana Ama Ntwi III, Obaahemaa of Ekumfi Otuam, a government and Funeral Planning Committee delegation to Ekumfi Otuam prior to the funeral presented a total of Ghc 5,000 (fifty million old cedis), 50 yards of cloth and a few cartons of drinks. The delegation included Central Region Minister Ama Benyiwa Doe.

I can find no mention of King Peggy in these articles, nor any discussion of the Mills family or funeral in King Peggy-related articles.

This makes me suspect that these are different towns, that simply share a (presumably common) coastal town name.

On the other side, the Mfantseman district web site lists news from Ekumfi Otuam, but only lists one Otuam. This suggests that they are the same.

In either case, "Tantum" seems less ambiguous, even if apparently "Otuam" is the more commonly used local name.

Anyway, I'd love to nail down an actual latitude/longitude to help clarify this. I'm hoping to find the prominent pink church at the top of the hill in some photos, and perhaps the blue palace, in satellite photos. But there's a lot of coast to look over, and only the palace walls are blue; the roof is white.

Apparently, there's only one paved road in town, another identifying feature. It's not mentioned if it doubles as the Accra-Cape Coast Road (a major road in the area) or not.

I have "about 60 miles" from Accra. 60 statute miles is 52 nautical miles, which makes 50 minutes of longitude west of Accra. The airport is at 0.171769 degrees west, so adding 0.866 degrees makes 1.038 degrees west, which is practically in Saltpond (1.066 W). Cape Coast is further west (1.250 W), and apparently 90 minutes away, but the mode of transport isn't mentioned. If anyone can find a description relative to Mumford (5.26°N, -0.758°W), Apam or Winneba, that would help.

71.41.210.146 (talk) 04:59, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * A clue! Perhaps they are the same town.  This picture of a well from this Facebook gallery has a dedication with a clearly legible plaque:

SUSAN LAWHON Donated this Borehole to NANA AMOAFANYI VI Of EBIRADZE ROYAL FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE OF EKUMFI OTUAM (N&#8202;KOTAN&#8202;KORE) And thou shall smite the Rock, And there shall come water out of it, That the people may drink. Exodus 17-6B
 * This sure looks like "Ekumfi Otuam" and "Amuah-Afenyi VI" are related. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 06:03, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

And more news! It appears that a new Ekumfi district has been carved out of MFantesman, and presumably Ekumfi Otuam is in it. Need to use that to update the Central Region, Ghana article. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 06:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ghana: Ekumfi Celebrates New District
 * Ekumfi District appeals to President to nominate DCE for the district Communities mentioned are "Ekumfi Narkwa, Otuam, Srafa, Naanaben, Emuna, Akra, Eyisam and Esakyire".
 * Ekumfi (New) "Ekumfi District with its capital Essarkyir was carved from Mfantseman and forms part of the new districts and municipalities created in the year 2012 and were inaugurated at their various locations simultaneously on the 28th June, 2012."


 * Aha! Okay, here we go. It definitely is the same town.  This youtube video talks about how the town is attracting tourists after the death of the President, and includes an establishing shot featuring the same pink church.  And it gives driving directions!  "12 kilometres to the left of Esuehyia Junction off the Accra-Cape Coast highway".  Let's look that up on a map.
 * Damn, OpenStreetMap knows about Esuehie in the right general location, which identifies the junction, but there are several coastal towns accessible from that junction. Google maps' imagery for the area is too messed up to identify the church, and Bing's isn't good enough either.  So close.... 71.41.210.146 (talk) 08:03, 31 December 2012 (UTC)