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| 1 | Accra ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 5.558 / -0.2011 | Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, covering an area of with an estimated urban population of 2.27 million . It is organized into 10 local government districts – 9 municipal districts and the Accra Metropolitan District, which is the only district within the capital to be granted city (...) | |
| 2 | Cape Coast ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 5.1228 / -1.2692 | Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of south Ghana. Cape Coast is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. Cape Coast had a settlement population of 169,894 people (2010 census) (...) | |
| 3 | Ashanti Empire ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 5.45 / -0.9667 | The Ashanti Empire (also spelled Asante) was an Akan empire and kingdom in what is now modern-day Ghana from 1670 to 1957. The Ashanti Empire expanded from Ashanti to include the Brong-Ahafo Region, Central Region, Eastern Region, Greater Accra Region and Western Region of present-day Ghana (...) | |
| 4 | Aburi ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 451 Lat/Lng : 5.8511 / -0.1728 | Aburi is a town in the Akuapim South Municipal District of the Eastern Region of south Ghana famous for the Aburi Botanical Gardens. . touringghana.com. Aburi has a relatively small population of 18,701 people as of 2013. (...) | |
| 5 | University of Ghana ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 99 Lat/Lng : 5.6508 / -0.1869 | The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian public universities. It was founded in 1948, in the British colony of the Gold Coast, as the University College of the Gold Coast, and was originally an affiliate college of the University of London, which supervised its (...) | |
| 6 | Tema ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 5.7089 / 0.0186 | Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of (...) | |
| 7 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 269 Lat/Lng : 6.6787 / -1.5606 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is a university in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the public university established in the country, as well as the largest university in Kumasi Metropolis and Ashanti (...) | |
| 8 | Kakum National Park ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 169 Lat/Lng : 5.4167 / -1.3167 | Kakum National Park, located in the coastal environs of the Central Region of Ghana, covers an area of . Established in 1931 as a reserve, it was gazetted as a national park only in 1992 after an initial survey of avifauna was conducted. The area is covered with tropical forest (...) | |
| 9 | Achimota School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 88 Lat/Lng : 5.6272 / -0.2136 | Achimota School (formerly Prince of Wales College and School, Achimota, now nicknamed Motown), is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school was founded in 1924 by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey and the Rev (...) | |
| 10 | Parliament of Ghana ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 5.5567 / 0.1897 | The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana. (...) | |
| 11 | University of Cape Coast ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 5.1036 / -1.2825 | The University of Cape Coast is a prestigious public collegiate research university located in Cape Coast, Ghana. The university was established in 1962 out of a dire need for highly qualified and skilled manpower in education (...) | |
| 12 | Kasoa ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 5.53 / -0.42 | Kasoa, formerly known as Odupongkpehe, is a peri-urban town in the Awutu Senya East Municipal District of the Central region of Ghana. (...) | |
| 13 | University of Ghana Medical School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 5.5394 / -0.2295 | The University of Ghana Medical School also UGMS is the medical school of Ghana's first public research institution, University of Ghana. It is currently located at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The medical school was first planned in 1919, but took its first students in 1962. (...) | |
| 14 | Accra Metropolitan District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 5.55 / -0.2 | The Accra Metropolitan District is one of the 254 Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts in Ghana, and among the 26 such districts in the Greater Accra Region with a population of 1,665,086 as of 2010. As of March 2018, it spans an area of approximately and encompasses the Ablekuma Central, Ablekuma (...) | |
| 15 | Madina, Ghana ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 69 Lat/Lng : 5.6833 / -0.1667 | Madina is a suburb of Accra and in the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana. Madina is next to the University of Ghana and houses the Institute of Local Government (...) | |
| 16 | Ghana Army ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 5.6667 / 0.0 | The Ghana Army (GA) is the main ground warfare organizational military branch of the Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF). In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast obtained independence as Ghana, the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force, and formed the basis for the new (...) | |
| 17 | Ghana Senior High Technical School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 4.8978 / -1.7497 | The Ghana Secondary Technical School is a Science and Technology oriented high school located in Takoradi on the west coast of Ghana. The school was founded on 9 August 1909 in Accra as Accra Technical School, and, after the name had been changed to Government Technical School, it moved to its (...) | |
| 18 | Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 464 Lat/Lng : 5.9805 / -0.0905 | The Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong, is a co-educational teacher-training college in Akropong in the Akwapim district of the Eastern Region of Ghana. It has gone through a series of previous names, including the Presbyterian Training College, the Scottish Mission Teacher Training (...) | |
| 19 | Peki (Krepi) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 183 Lat/Lng : 6.5333 / 0.2333 | Peki (Krepi) is an ancient autochthonous society located at the south-eastern corner of present-day Republic of Ghana. Geographically, Peki is located on latitude 6* 32’ 00”N and longitude 00* 14’ 00”E. (...) | |
| 20 | Kassena-Nankana District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 197 Lat/Lng : 10.8847 / -1.0903 | The Kassena-Nankana District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Navrongo. (...) | |
| 21 | Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 5.6 / -0.0667 | The Ledzekuku-Krowor Municipal District district, with its administrative capital at Nungua is one of the sixteen (16) districts in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana with a population in 2010 of 227,932.http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/2010_District_Report/Greater%20Accra/LEKMA (...) | |
| 22 | Kumasi Anglican Secondary School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 276 Lat/Lng : 6.6928 / -1.6085 | Anglican Senior High School is a co-educational secondary school founded in 1973. It is situated in Asem, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The present headmaster is Rev.Canon Senkyiri. (...) | |
| 23 | Prempeh College ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 292 Lat/Lng : 6.7036 / -1.6472 | Prempeh College is a https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/161363/persiste.pdf?sequence=1 public secondary school for boys located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial (...) | |
| 24 | Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 89 Lat/Lng : 5.6633 / -0.1744 | Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (or PRESEC) is a secondary boarding school for boys, founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast. The progenitor of the original idea for the school was the Basel missionary, the Reverend Nicholas Timothy Clerk (1862 - 1961) (...) | |
| 25 | La Dade Kotopon Municipal District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 5.5833 / -0.1 | The La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, with its administrative capital at La is one of the sixteen (16) districts in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana with a population in 2010 of 183,528.http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/2010_District_Report/Greater%20Accra/LA%20DADEkotopon (...) | |
| 26 | Ashesi University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 347 Lat/Lng : 5.7591 / -0.2201 | Ashesi University is a private college located in Ghana, West Africa. The mission of Ashesi University is to educate ethical, entrepreneurial leaders in Africa. In 2017, Ashesi was awarded the World Innovation Summit in Education Prize, one of the world’s biggest prizes in education, for its impact (...) | |
| 27 | Nsuta ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 416 Lat/Lng : 7.01 / -1.3806 | Nsuta is a small town and is the capital of Sekyere Central, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nsuta is in Ashanti although there are a number of towns in Ghana with this name. (...) | |
| 28 | Seva, Ghana ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 5.9845 / 0.9414 | Seva, Ghana is located in the Keta Lagoon in the Keta District of Ghana. Seva is one of the islands forming the archipelago of the Keta Lagoon. It covers an area of approximately 2.7 square miles. This island is important as a bird watching site because it is a stop over point for many migratory (...) | |
| 29 | Teteman, Ghana ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 303 Lat/Lng : 7.3 / 0.5167 | Teteman is a village in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region of Ghana. Teteman is located on the eastern border of Ghana on a mountain range that separates Ghana from the Republic of Togo. (...) | |
| 30 | Akatsi District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 6.197 / 0.799 | The Akatsi District was one of 18 districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. Its capital and administrative centre was Akatsi. , this district was divided into two, resulting in the Akatsi North District and the Akatsi South District. (...) | |
| 31 | Adaklu-Anyigbe District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 75 Lat/Lng : 6.5479 / 0.696 | The Adaklu-Anyigbe District was one of the eighteen (18) districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. Its capital and administrative centre was Agortime-Kpetoe. In 2012, this districted was divided into the Adaklu District and the Agotime Ziope District. (...) | |
| 32 | Dabala ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 5.9833 / 0.6833 | Dabala is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. The town is known for the Dabala Secondary Technical School. The school is a second cycle institution. Dabala is also known for its strategic market known as the Dabala Market (...) | |
| 33 | 37 Military Hospital ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 5.5886 / -0.1832 | The 37 Military Hospital is a specialist hospital located in Accra, on the main road between Kotoka International Airport and central Accra. It is the largest military hospital in the Republic of Ghana after the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (...) | |
| 34 | Ghana Technology University College ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 5.596 / -0.223 | Ghana Technology University College (GTUC), formerly Ghana Telecom University College is a university founded in 2005 by Ghana Telecom, the national telecommunications company. (...) | |
| 35 | Volta Aluminum Company ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 5.6678 / 0.0211 | Volta Aluminum Company, known as VALCO, is an aluminium company based in Tema, Greater Accra Region founded by Kaiser Aluminum and now wholly owned by the government of Ghana. (...) | |
| 36 | Akosombo International School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 106 Lat/Lng : 6.2853 / 0.0532 | Akosombo International School (AIS) is a Ghanaian coeducational international second-cycle institution located at Akosombo in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region. It is operated by the Volta River Authority. (...) | |
| 37 | Akrofu ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 121 Lat/Lng : 6.6333 / 0.3833 | Akrofu is predominantly a farming community in the Ho Municipality of Volta Region, Ghana. It is noted for the production of rice, okro, cassava and garri. (...) | |
| 38 | Ve Golokwati ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 150 Lat/Lng : 6.9923 / 0.4256 | Ve Golokwati is a small town and is the capital of Afadzato South district, a district in central Volta Region of Ghana. (...) | |
| 39 | Labone Senior High School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 5.5649 / -0.1711 | Labone Senior High School (popularly known as L-A Bone) is a public senior high school located in Labone in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is well noted its participation in athletics, music and cultural activities. (...) | |