Mumford
Mumford is a town in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region of Ghana, near the Central regional capital Cape Coast. As of 2013, Mumford has a settlement population of 18,368 people.- Type: Village with 14,000 residents
- Description: village in Ghana
- Also known as: “Gamma”, “Gammah”, “Jumba”, “Mumford, Ghana”, and “Mumfort”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Apam and Ajumako.
Apam
Photo: StephanieRing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Apam is a town in Coastal Plain region of Ghana. Apam is the site of Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience, a Dutch-built fort which was completed in 1702, which dominates the fishing harbour and town from a rocky peninsula on the south side of the town.
Ajumako
Village
Ajumako is a town in Ghana. It is the capital of Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam district. It is famous for being the birthplace of Ottobah Cugoano, an abolitionist of the 18th century. Ajumako is situated 10 km north of Mumford.
Mumford
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gomoa West District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.26136° or 5° 15′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.75983° or 0° 45′ 35″ westPopulation
14,000Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
6CQX766R+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2147840769OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2297810Wikidata ID
Q6935389
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Mumford” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mumford”
- Irish: “Mumford”
- Japanese: “マムフォード”
- Swahili: “Mumford, Ghana”
- Swahili: “Mumford”
- Turkish: “Mumford”
- Urdu: “ممفوڈ، گھانا”
- Urdu: “ممفوڈ”
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