Mount Afadja

Mount Afadja, known as Afadjato to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, is one of the highest mountains in Ghana. The summit is located in the Volta Region, near the border with Togo, close to the villages of Liati Wote and Gbledi Gbogame in the Afadjato South District and Hohoe Municipality, respectively. It is about 178 kilometers northeast of Accra, and 178 kilometers northwest of Lomé. Part of the Agumatsa sub-range of the West Africa Mountains, its summit is often cited at 885 metres above sea level, but in reality is only 587 metres. The summit of Mount Aduadu lies 3.5 kilometers to the east, while Ghana's highest peak, Leklata, lies about 4.6 kilometers to the east.

The mountain's name is "Afadja," while the suffix "-to" in the Ewe language means mountain. The correct name in the English language, therefore, would be "Mount Afadja", not "Mount Afadjato", which would be a repetition of the word "mountain" and the correct name in the French language would be "Mont Afadja", not "Mont…