Because the town is surrounded by a number of farming communities to the north of it, the name Somanya is used to encompass a collection of smaller communities around a bigger one.

With the capital of Ghana, Accra, rapidly expanding northwards, the traveling distance between Somanya and Accra is shrinking and now is around 30 miles (48 km).

At 25.1 °C on average, August is the coldest month of the year.

Children constitute the largest proportion of the household structure accounting for 39.4 percent.

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