Pra River
The Pra River is a river in Ghana, the easternmost and the largest of the three principal rivers that drain the area south of the Volta divide. Rising in the Kwahu Plateau near Mpraeso and flowing southward for 240 km through rich cocoa and farming areas and valuable forests in the Akan lowlands, the Pra enters the Gulf of Guinea east of Takoradi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jamiaghana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ghana
- Also known as: “Bosumpra”, “Busum Prah”, “Pra”, and “Prah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort São Sebastião de Xama and Shama District.
Fort São Sebastião de Xama
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort São Sebastião or Fort San Sebastian located in Shama, Ghana, is the third oldest fortification in Ghana and it was built in 1523. Along with several other castles in Ghana, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 because of its testimony to the history of European trade, colonization, and exploitation in the region.
Shama District
Government office
Shama District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District in 1988, which was created from the former Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Authority Council…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shama and Aboadze.
Shama
Photo: Sathyan.velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shama is a coastal town in the Shama district in the Ghanaian Coastal Plain. It is known for its lush beaches and vegetation. It is about 25 km away from Takoradi and 160 km from Ivoiro, the border town between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
Aboadze
Town
Aboadze is a town in the Western region of Ghana. It serves both as a dormitory town as well as an industrialized zone. It also houses Ghana's first thermal plant for electricity production. Aboadze is situated 5 km southwest of Pra River.
Pra River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Pra River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Pra”
- Cebuano: “Pra”
- Chinese: “普拉河”
- Chuvash: “Пра”
- French: “Pra”
- German: “Pra”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Pra River”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Pra”
- Hausa: “Kogin Pra (Ghana)”
- Hausa: “Kogin Pra”
- Irish: “Abhainn Pra”
- Japanese: “プラ川”
- Lithuanian: “Pra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pra”
- Polish: “Pra”
- Russian: “Пра”
- Spanish: “Río Pra”
- Swedish: “Pra”
- Twi: “Pra River”
- Twi: “Pra”
- Venetian: “Fiume Pra”
- Welsh: “Afon Pra”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alavanyo and Yabiukwanta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Saint Sebastian Point and Pra Rock.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pra River”. Photo: Jamiaghana, CC BY-SA 3.0.