Dixcove
# Dixcove

Dixcove is a coastal village and a fishing community in the Ahanta West district, a district in the Western Region of South Ghana, located approximately 35 km west of the regional capital of Sekondi-Takoradi. The current Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove is Obrempong Hima Dekyi XIV.

## History

From the early 17th-19th century, Dixcove is in two quarters known as Ntwarkro (Upper Dixcove) and Daazikessie (Lower Dixcove). The town was centre for trade during the Gold Coast era.

## Economy

Dixcove is the site of Fort Metal Cross, an English-built fort which was completed in 1698, which dominates the fishing village and town from a bluff located on the eastern side of the village. Upper and Lower Dixcove purchase premix fuel to the fishermen.

## Institutions

* Dixcove Government Hospital
* Dixcove Fort
