Sakumono
Sakumono is a small town before Nungua from Ashaiman. It is in the Tema Metropolitan district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was originally a small fishing village on Sakumono Lagoon, but by 2008 was being swallowed up as the twin cities of Nungua and Tema were merging.- Type: Locality with 32,900 residents
- Description: town in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Sakumona” and “Sakumono Estates”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Regional Maritime University and Junction Mall Accra.
Regional Maritime University
University
Photo: Jwale2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Regional Maritime University is an international tertiary institution and private university in Accra, Ghana. It attained full university status on 25 October 2007 and was launched as such by John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of the Republic of Ghana.
Junction Mall Accra
Shopping center
Junction Mall is a shopping centre located at Nungua in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana…
Sakumo Ramsar Site
The Sakumo Ramsar Site also known as the Sakumo Lagoon is a wetland of international importance. It covers an area of 1,400 hectares and is situated along the coastal road between Accra and Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nungua and Spintex Road.
Nungua
Town
Photo: Samson Craig McArthur Sik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nungua is a town in Krowor Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana near the coast. Nungua is the eighteenth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 84,119 people. Nungua is situated 3 km southwest of Sakumono.
Spintex Road
Neighborhood
Spintex Road is a major road and commercial corridor in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The road stretches from the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange in the west to the Tema Motorway Roundabout in the east, running parallel to the Tema Motorway. Spintex Road is situated 4½ km west of Sakumono.
Tema
Photo: Axe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. It is the second-largest city in the Greater Accra Region after Accra.
Sakumono
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Turkish—“Sakumono” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Sakumono”
- Dutch: “Sakumona”
- Dutch: “Sakumono”
- Hausa: “Sakumono”
- Irish: “Sakumono”
- Japanese: “サクモノ”
- Polish: “Sakumono”
- Slovenian: “Sakumono”
- Spanish: “Sakumono”
- Turkish: “Sakumono”
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