The market is the monetary center point of the area, with all significant exchanging stores situated around it.
A piece of the market has a major vehicle yard from where different transports and vehicles transport merchants and their products, as well as people, to various pieces of the country. The market is lined toward the north-west by Mfantsipim School and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Hill.
On the east is Tantri, a bustling vehicle yard and the significant takeoff point for explorers moving out of the city.
History
Preceding the foundation of the Kotokuraba Market, exchanging exercises Cape Coast occurred in an energetic commercial center situated along the ocean side.
Cape Coast was famous for the offer of crabs, salt, fish and different wares and before long turned out to be affectionately known as 'Oguaa,' which deciphers in English as 'market'.
Over the long haul, Cape Coast turned into the principal provincial capital of the Gold Coast and accordingly, saw enormous improvement in its social and financial foundation.
The ocean side region in Cape Coast was to be created as a regulatory area, in any case, the air was not helpful.
The market exercises along the ocean side made blockage, commotion and soil, subsequently the choice to construct another market inland. In the last part of the 1930s, the pilgrim government fostered the triangle-molded Kotokuraba Market in Cape Coast.
The dealers in the old market by the ocean side were migrated to the new market.
Since its turn of events, the discount and retail exchange Kotokuraba Market has been one of the biggest wellsprings of income for the civil expert in Cape Coast.
In June 2012, the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA), under the organization of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), got a Chinese government concessional credit to redevelop the old Kotokuraba Market into a cutting edge market complex.
Following quite a while of presence, the old market was pulled down in 2014 for restoration following the movement of the dealers.
The new market complex was finished and formally opened in 2016. It includes shops and stores, a vehicle leave, office blocks, two banks, a school and a center.
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