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| Murtala Muhammed International Airport  FeatureType : airport Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 6.5772 / 3.3211 | Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) is an international airport located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving the entire state. The airport was initially built during World War II and is named after Murtala Muhammed, the 4th military ruler of Nigeria. (...) |
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| Sekondi-Takoradi FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 4.9219 / -1.7453 | Sekondi-Takoradi, a city comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi, is the capital of Sekondi – Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city and an industrial and commercial centre, with a population of 445,205 people (2012) (...) |
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| Cameroon FeatureType : country Elevation : 726 Lat/Lng : 3.8667 / 11.5167 | Cameroon , officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country wedged in West and Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south (...) |
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| Benin FeatureType : country Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 6.4667 / 2.6 | Benin , officially the Republic of Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. The majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf (...) |
| 5 | Accra Sports Stadium FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 5.5515 / -0.1918 | The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium is a multi-use, 39,800 all-seater stadium in Accra. Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union. (...) | |
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| Liberia FeatureType : country Elevation : 228 Lat/Lng : 6.4167 / -9.35 | Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east, the Atlantic Ocean to its south. It covers an area of and has a population of around 4,700,000 people (...) |
| 7 | Accra Academy FeatureType : null Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 5.5717 / -0.2439 | The Accra Academy was the first private academy to be established in the Gold Coast, present-day Ghana.. The academy is one of the foremost secondary educational institutions in Ghana and operates as a non-denominational day and boarding boys' school, located at Bubuashie, near Kaneshie in the (...) | |
| 8 | 1978 African Cup of Nations FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 5.6036 / -0.1869 | The 1978 African Cup of Nations was the eleventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. The format of the competition changed from 1976: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but the final (...) | |
| 9 | Gold Coast (British colony) FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 5.55 / -0.2167 | The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957. The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits (...) | |
| 10 | African Union FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2317 Lat/Lng : 9.0008 / 38.7419 | The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the continent of Africa, except for territories of European countries located in Africa. It was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa with the aim of replacing (...) | |
| 11 | Sub-Saharan Africa FeatureType : null Elevation : 812 Lat/Lng : -27.9136 / 31.6475 | The sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. According to the United Nations, it consists of all African countries that are fully or partially located south of the Sahara (...) | |
| 12 | South African Airways FeatureType : null Elevation : 1683 Lat/Lng : -26.1392 / 28.2461 | South African Airways (SAA) is the flag carrier airline of South Africa. Its headquarters are in Airways Park on the grounds of O. R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. In partnership with SA Express, SA Airlink and its low-cost carrier, Mango, the airline flies to 56 (...) | |
| 13 | Roberts International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 6.2338 / -10.3623 | Roberts International Airport , informally also known as Robertsfield, is an international airport in the West African nation of Liberia. Located near the town of Harbel in Margibi County, the single runway airport is about outside of the nation's capital of Monrovia, and as an origin and (...) | |
| 14 | UNESCO FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 48.8501 / 2.3062 | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO;) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms (...) | |
| 15 | Economic Community of West African States FeatureType : null Elevation : 557 Lat/Lng : 9.0423 / 7.5253 | The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. Collectively, these countries comprise an area of , and in 2015 had an estimated population of over 349 million (...) | |
| 16 | Extreme points of Earth FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -80.0 / -115.0 | This is a list of extreme points of Earth, the geographical locations that are farther north or south than, higher or lower in elevation than, or farthest inland or out to sea from, any other locations on the landmasses, continents or countries (...) | |
| 17 | Rotary International FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 185 Lat/Lng : 42.0458 / -87.6824 | Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world (...) | |
| 18 | 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 (...) | |
| 19 | 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 (...) | |
| 20 | Lagos Colony FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 6.4531 / 3.3958 | Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry (...) | |
| 21 | Eric Adjetey Anang FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 5.5877 / -0.0996 | Eric Adjetey Anang (; born 1985) is a Ghanaian sculptor and fantasy coffin carpenter. He was born in Teshie, Ghana, where he lives and runs the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop. (...) | |
| 22 | Takoradi Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 4.8961 / -1.7748 | Takoradi Airport is an airport in Sekondi-Takoradi, a city and capital of Western Region southern Ghana. (...) | |
| 23 | Northwest Airlines Flight 253 FeatureType : event Elevation : 190 Lat/Lng : 42.208 / -83.356 | Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was an international passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, United States (...) | |
| 24 | Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 5.5444 / -0.2028 | The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and memorial park is located in downtown Accra, the capital of Ghana. It is dedicated to the prominent Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah. at www.odyssei.com. The mausoleum designed by Don Aurthur, houses the body of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and his wife Fathia Nkrumah, it is meant to (...) | |
| 25 | Food and Agriculture Organization FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 41.8823 / 12.4883 | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO;) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate arguments and (...) | |
| 26 | Hosea Kutako International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 1698 Lat/Lng : -22.4799 / 17.4709 | Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international airport of Namibia, serving the capital city Windhoek. Located well east of the city, , it is Namibia's largest airport with international connections. The name of the airport comes from Namibian national hero Hosea Kutako. (...) | |
| 27 | Tchamba FeatureType : city Elevation : 371 Lat/Lng : 9.0295 / 1.4169 | The name Tchamba stands for both a city located in Tchamba Prefecture in the Centrale Region of Togo, and the tribe living in that area. Tchamba is originally a tribe living in and around the town of Chamba, Ghana in the Northern Region, Ghana of present-day Ghana, on the road from Salaga to (...) | |
| 28 | High Commission of Nigeria, Accra FeatureType : null Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 5.5736 / -0.1836 | The Nigerian High Commission in Accra is the primary diplomatic mission of Nigeria in Ghana. It is on 20/21 Onyasia Crescent Roman Ridge in Accra. The previous High Commissioner was former Senator for Lagos Central Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro, appointed by President Umaru Yar'Adua in May 2008 (...) | |
| 29 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Osogbo FeatureType : null Elevation : 318 Lat/Lng : 7.7667 / 4.5667 | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osogbo is a diocese located in the city of Osogbo, Osun State in the Ecclesiastical province of Ibadan in Nigeria. (...) | |
| 30 | Government College Umuahia FeatureType : edu Elevation : 146 Lat/Lng : 5.4994 / 7.5382 | Government College Umuahia, or GCU, is an independent secondary school for boys located on Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road in Umuahia, Nigeria. Twenty years after the establishment of Kings College, the first government-owned high school, by the British colonial government, three similar public schools (...) | |
| 31 | Spriggs Payne Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 6.2891 / -10.7587 | James Spriggs Payne Airport is an airport located from downtown Monrovia, the capital of the Republic of Liberia in West Africa. The airfield is located within the busy and thickly settled Sinkor section of the city, and is therefore convenient to the business and political districts of the capital (...) | |
| 32 | 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations FeatureType : null Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 5.5515 / -0.1918 | The 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations, Ghana 2018, will be the 11th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations (13th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international football championship organised by the (...) | |
| 33 | Accra Institute of Technology FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 5.5661 / -0.2614 | The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), is an independent technology-focused research university based in Accra, Ghana. The university comprises six schools and three institutes. (...) | |
| 34 | Big Ada FeatureType : city Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 5.8167 / 0.6167 | Big Ada is a town in the Dangme East district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The settlement lies along the road from Ada Kasseh to the district capital Ada Foah, just off the Accra-Aflao motorway. (...) | |
| 35 | Abor, Ghana FeatureType : city Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 6.0608 / 0.8636 | Abor (Abↄ) is a Town in the Keta Municipal District of the Volta Region in southeast Ghana. Abor lies east of the Volta River and just north of the Keta Lagoon. (...) | |
| 36 | Agbogbloshie FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 5.5503 / -0.226 | Agbogbloshie is a nickname of a commercial district on the Korle Lagoon of the Odaw River, near the center of Accra, Ghana's capital city. Near the slum called "Old Fadama", the Agbogbloshie site became known as a destination for locally generated automobile and electronic scrap collected from (...) | |
| 37 | 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 (...) | |
| 38 | Kingdom of Dagbon FeatureType : null Elevation : 221 Lat/Lng : 9.5 / -0.25 | The Kingdom of Dagbon is a traditional kingdom in northern Ghana founded by the Dagomba people in the 15th century. During its independence, it comprised, at various points, the Northern, Upper West and Upper East regions of present-day Ghana (...) | |
| 39 | SS Athelstane (1941) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 55.9167 / -8.3167 | Athelstane was a tanker that was built in 1941 as Empire Flint by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Northumberland, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold to Athel Line Ltd in 1945 and renamed Athelstane (...) | |
| 40 | Silverbird Galleria FeatureType : null Elevation : 129 Lat/Lng : 6.43 / -3.4089 | Silverbird Galleria is a shopping mall and entertainment centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. (...) | |
| 41 | National Museum of Ghana FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 5.5567 / -0.2078 | The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB). The museum building was opened on 5 March 1957 as part of Ghana’s independence celebrations (...) | |
| 42 | MV Kollbjørg (1941) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 36.05 / -46.25 | Kollbjørg was a tanker that was built in 1941 as Empire Diamond by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was transferred to the Norwegian Government in 1942 and renamed Norsol. In 1946 she was sold into merchant service and renamed Kollbjørg (...) | |
| 43 | Maritime Academy of Nigeria FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 4.8258 / 8.2339 | The Maritime Academy of Nigeria is a federally owned educational institute in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Originally called the Nautical College of Nigeria, it was established in 1979 to educate and train shipboard officers, ratings and shore-based management personnel (...) | |
| 44 | Solar eclipse of May 20, 1947 FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 0.1883 / -21.3667 | A total solar eclipse occurred on May 20, 1947. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all (...) | |
| 45 | 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. (...) | |
| 46 | Fashion capital FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.5072 / -0.1275 | A fashion capital is a city which has a major influence on international fashion trends and in which the design, production and retailing of fashion products – plus events such as fashion weeks, awards and trade fairs – generate significant economic output (...) | |
| 47 | Agbozume FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 6.0667 / 1.0333 | Agbozume or Klikor-Agbozume is a village in Ketu Municipal District in the Volta Region of southeastern Ghana. The main language spoken is the Ewe language. (...) | |
| 48 | Battle of Chra FeatureType : null Elevation : 137 Lat/Lng : 7.1707 / 1.1587 | The Battle of Chra was fought by British and French troops against German soldiers and paramilitary police in the village of Chra, near the Chra river on 22 August 1914, during the Togoland Campaign of the First World War (...) | |
| 49 | Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 5.5378 / -0.2274 | Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) is the premier health-care facility in Ghana. Located in Accra, it is the only public tertiary hospital in the southern part of the country. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the medical school of the University of Ghana (...) | |
| 50 | Cranfield School of Management FeatureType : null Elevation : 106 Lat/Lng : 52.074 / -0.629 | Cranfield School of Management, established in 1967, is a business school that is part of Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. It was ranked among the Top 30 European Business Schools by the Financial Times in 2017 (...) | |
| 51 | Saltpond Oil Field FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 5.093 / -1.069 | Saltpond Oil Field is an oil field off the coast of Ghana. The field was discovered in 1970 by Signal-Amoco Consortium. The field is currently managed by the Saltpond Offshore Producing Company (SOPCL), Ghana's oldest producer of crude oil. (...) | |
| 52 | SS West Lashaway FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 10.5 / -55.1667 | SS West Lashaway was a steel–hulled cargo ship that saw service with the U.S. Navy during World War I as the auxiliary ship USS West Lashaway (ID-3700). She was later engaged in mercantile service, until being sunk by a U-boat in 1942 (...) | |
| 53 | Sikkim Manipal University, Ghana Learning Centre, Accra FeatureType : edu Elevation : 170 Lat/Lng : 6.0906 / -0.2633 | SMU Ghana was established in 2007 by KnowledgeWorkz Ltd - Ghana as Ghana's maiden Authorized Study centre of Sikkim Manipal University, India. It is Located at the Academic City, Ring Road Central opposite Provident Towers in Accra (...) | |
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