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Accra

Western Africa

Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea coast. The Accra Metropolitan District is the historic core of a much larger built-up area, the Greater Accra Region, that serves as the country's leading commercial and administrative centre. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
284,124 1
Area (sq km)
20.4 1
Founding Year
1450 1
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
61 1
Latitude
5.55 degrees north 1
Longitude
0.2 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 2
Connections

Associated With

Ghana, Countries
Source Accra (Wikipedia)
Greater Accra Region, States or Territories

accra is associated with greater-accra-region.

Source Greater Accra Region (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Ghana, Countries

Accra is the capital of Ghana.

Source Accra (Wikipedia)
Greater Accra Region, States or Territories

accra is the capital of greater-accra-region.

Source Greater Accra Region (Wikipedia)
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Accra Brewery Limited

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Source Wikidata: Accra Brewery Limitedtier 2
Africa World Airlines

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Source Wikidata: Africa World Airlinestier 2
Agricultural Development Bank of Ghana

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Source Wikipedia: Agricultural Development Bank of Ghanatier 2
CalBank

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Ecobank Ghana

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Source Wikipedia: Ecobank Ghanatier 2
GCB Bank

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Source Wikipedia: GCB Banktier 2
Ghana Airways

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Source Wikidata: Ghana Airwaystier 2
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

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Source Wikipedia: Ghana Broadcasting Corporationtier 2
Ghana News Agency

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Source Wikipedia: Ghana News Agencytier 2
Prudential Bank Limited

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Societe Generale Ghana

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Starbow

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Source Wikidata: Starbowtier 2
Universal Merchant Bank

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Source Wikipedia: Universal Merchant Banktier 2
Volta River Authority

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Supreme Court of Ghana

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Sources
1. Accra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    is the capital and largest city of Ghana
  • Infobox, Population figure
    284,124
  • Lead section
    As of the 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi), had a population of 284,124, and the larger Greater Accra Region, 3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi), had a population of 5.46 million.
  • Infobox, Area
    20.4
  • Infobox: elevation_ft
    200
  • Infobox, coordinates
    5.550°N 0.200°W
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    5.550°N 0.200°W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    5.550°N 0.200°W
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'Settled' = '15th century' on the 'Accra' article, read and judged (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)
  • Associated With: Ghana, Infobox, Country
    Ghana
  • In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Accra - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2306104
    5.55602 -0.1969 P PPLC GH 01 304 1963264 33 Africa/Accra
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 33 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, -0.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, -0.25
5.75 -0.25 Aw
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Greater Accra Region (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Quote, Infobox, capital
Accra
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Wikidata: Accra
Wikidata Q3761, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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