Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana.Photo: DavidLey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Kpone Thermal Power Station I
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Kpone Thermal Power Station is a 230 MW gas-fired thermal power station in Ghana.
Ashaiman Senior High School
Ashaiman Senior High School is a coeducational second-cycle institution at Ashaiman in the… Ashaiman Senior High School is situated 6 km south of Greater Accra Region.Localities in the Area
Tema
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Tema is a city on the Ghanaian Coastal Plain. It is 25 kilometres east of Accra, and had a population of 161,612 in 2013.
Ashaiman
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Ashaiman is a large town in Greater Accra Region of South Ghana and is the capital of Ashaiman Municipal District, a district in Greater Accra Region. Ashaiman is situated 7 km southwest of Greater Accra Region.
Greater Accra Region
- Type: region of Ghana with 5,460,000 residents
- Description: administrative region of Ghana and the capital of Ghana
- Location: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.75° or 5° 45' northLongitude
0°Population
5,460,000Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open Location Code
6FQ2Q222+22GeoNames ID
2300569Wikidata ID
Q431729Greater Accra Region Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Akan: Nkran punpuni Mantam
- Akan: nkran
- Arabic: إقليم أكرا الكبرى
- Armenian: Մեծ Աքրա
- Belarusian: Вялікая Акра
- Belarusian: рэгіён Вялікая Акра
- Bengali: গ্রেটার আক্রা অঞ্চল
- Breton: Greater Accra
- Bulgarian: Голяма Акра
- Bulgarian: Регион Голяма Акра
- Catalan: Regió de Gran Accra
- Catalan: Regió del Gran Accra
- Cebuano: Greater Accra Region
- Chinese: 大阿克拉地区
- Chinese: 大阿克拉地區
- Chinese: 大阿克拉大區
- Czech: Greater Accra
- Czech: Větší Accra
- Czech: Větší Akra
- Dagbani: Greater Accra Region
- Danish: Greater Accra
- Dutch: Greater Accra
- English: Accra
- Esperanto: Grand-Akrao
- Farefare: Greater Accra Region
- Finnish: Greater Accra
- Finnish: Suur-Accra
- French: Grand Accra
- French: Région du Grand Accra
- German: GH-AA
- German: Greater Accra
- German: Greater Accra Region
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Greater Accra Region
- Greek: Γκρέιτερ Άκρα
- Gujarati: ગ્રેટર એક્રા પ્રદેશ
- Hausa: Yankin Greater Accra
- Hebrew: אזור אקרה רבתי
- Hindi: बृहत्तर एकरा प्रदेश
- Igbo: Greater Accra Region
- Indonesian: Region Greater Accra
- Italian: Grande Accra
- Italian: Greater Accra Region
- Italian: regione della Grande Accra
- Japanese: グレーター・アクラ州
- Kannada: ಗ್ರೇಟರ್ ಅಕ್ರಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- Korean: 그레이터아크라 주
- Korean: 그레이터아크라주
- Kurdish: Herêma Akraya Mezin
- Latvian: Lielās Akras reģions
- Lithuanian: Didžiosios Akros regionas
- Malay: Greater Accra Region
- Marathi: ग्रेटर अकरा प्रदेश
- Mingrelian: დიდი აკრაშ რეგიონი
- Moroccan Arabic: لمنطقة د آكرا لكبيرة
- Nigerian Pidgin: Greater Accra Region
- Northern Frisian: Greater Accra
- Norwegian: Greater Accra
- Norwegian Bokmål: Greater Accra
- Persian: منطقه آکرای بزرگ
- Polish: Region Greater Accra
- Polish: Region Wielka Akra
- Polish: Wielka Akra
- Portuguese: Grande Acra
- Portuguese: Greater accra
- Portuguese: Região Greater Accra
- Portuguese: Região da Grande Accra
- Romanian: Regiunea Marea Accra
- Russian: Большая Аккра
- Sinhala: මහා අක්රා කලාපය
- South Azerbaijani: آکرای بزرق اوستانی
- Spanish: Gran Accra
- Spanish: Gran Acra
- Spanish: Región Gran Acra
- Swahili: Mkoa wa Greater Accra
- Swedish: Greater Accra
- Swedish: Storaccra
- Tamil: கிரேட்டர் ஆசிரா பகுதி
- Telugu: గ్రేటర్ అక్రా ప్రాంతం
- Thai: เขตเซ้าธ์ บานัต
- Turkish: Büyük Accra Bölgesi
- Turkish: Büyük Akra Bölgesi
- Twi: Nkran Mantam
- Ukrainian: Велика Аккра
- Urdu: عظیم اکرا ریجن
- Urdu: عظیم اکرا علاقہ
- Vietnamese: Khu vực Greater Accra
- Wu Chinese: 大阿克拉地区
- Yoruba: Greater Accra Region
- Accra Capital District
- Accra District
- Accra Region
- Capital District
- Regione della Grande Accra
Other Places Named Greater Accra Region
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Laiwi LagoonLagoon, 10 km southeast
- CherekechereteHill, 10 km north
- Ga LagoonLagoon, 10 km southeast
- OkutolejeHill, 11 km northeast
- Grove PointPoint, 11 km southeast
- Prampram Fuelwood Forest ReserveForest reserve, 12 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Greater Accra Region. Photo: DavidLey, CC BY-SA 3.0.