Takoradze
Takoradze is a town in Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Western Region and has about 540,000 residents. Takoradze is situated near the suburb Chapel Hill, as well as near Dixcove Hill.
- Type: Town with 540,000 residents
- Description: capital city of Western Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Oil City”, “Taadi”, “Taadii”, and “Takoradi”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Takoradi Airport and Ghana Senior High Technical School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sekondi-Takoradi and Tanokrom.
Takoradze
- Categories: human settlement, big city, port city, metropolitan area, and locality
- Location: Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.8874° or 4° 53′ 15″ north
Longitude
-1.7519° or 1° 45′ 7″ west
Population
540,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
TKD
UN/LOCODE
GH TKD
Open location code
6CPWV6PX+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Takoradze” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Takoradi”
- Arabic: “تاكورادي”
- Catalan: “Takoradi”
- Dutch: “Takoradi”
- Fanti: “Takoradze”
- French: “Takoradi”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Takoradi”
- Hausa: “Takoradi”
- Irish: “Takoradi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Takoradi”
- Russian: “Такоради”
- Swahili: “Takoradi”
- Turkish: “Takoradi”
- Twi: “Takoradi”
- Ukrainian: “Такораді”
- Yoruba: “Takoradi”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chapel Hill and Dixcove Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Takoradi Hospital and Takoradi Circuit Court A.
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