Pra River

The Pra River is a river in , It is the easternmost and the largest of the three principal rivers that drain the area south of the divide. Rising in the near and flowing 240 km southward through rich cocoa and farming areas and valuable forests in the Akan lowlands.
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 68 metres (223 feet)
  • Description: river in Ghana
  • Also known as
    “Bosumpra”
    “Busum Prah”
    “Pra”
    “Prah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort São Sebastião de Xama and Shama District.

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Fort São Sebastião or Fort San Sebastian located…

Government office
is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shama and Aboadze.

Photo: Sathyan.velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal town in the district in the .

Town
is a town in the of . is situated 5 km southwest of Pra River.

Pra River

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Latitude
5.01345° or 5° 0′ 48″ north
Longitude
-1.62903° or 1° 37′ 45″ west
Open location code
6CQW297C+99
Geo­Names ID
2295868
Wiki­data ID
Q139115

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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”
  • Somali: “Webiga Pra”
  • Spanish: “Río Pra”
  • Swahili: “Mto Pra”
  • Swedish: “Pra”
  • Twi: “Pra River”
  • Twi: “Pra”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Pra”
  • Welsh: “Afon Pra”

Places with the Same Name

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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.

Ghana: Highlights

Notable places include Accra and Kumasi.

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