Ga was a former district of Greater Accra Region, Ghana. It has since been divided into the Ga East District and the Ga West District.
The Ga District is divided in different sub-areas. The Ga people are the original citizens of the Ga district/state. Today Ga is a melting pot of different cultural and ethnic groups from all over the world.
Great GaDangme historical personalities who contributed significantly to the development of the GaDangme people, traditions, and culture, and Ghana (formerly, the Gold Coast) include:
Dr. Ebenezer Ako Adjei (1916-2002)
Dr. Benjamin Quartey-Papafio (1859-1924)
Lt. General Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915-1992), soldier and head of state 1966-69.
Sir Emmanuel Quist (died 1959), judge and politicisn
Nene Annorkwei II (born 1900), QMC, GM
Rev. Carl Christian Reindorf (1834-1917)
Rev. Samuel Richard Brew Attoh-Ahuma (1863-1921)
Christian Josiah Reindorf (1868-1937)
Edmund Bannerman (1832-1903)
Rev. John Ahoomah Solomon
George Cleland
Daniel Quaye Tawiah ("Kwei Nungua")
Rev. E. A. W. Engmann (1903-1983)
King Tackie Yaaboi
Hon. John Glover-Addo (1873-1933), lawyer and politician
King Tackie Tawiah I
Hon. Thomas Hutton-Mills, Sr. (1865-1931), lawyer and politician
Chief John Vanderpuije
Hon. Sir Nene Azu Mate-Kole
Hon. Dr. Frederick Nanka-Bruce (1878-1953), physician, journalist and politician
Tetteh Quarshie (1842-1892), father of Ghana's cocoa industry
