Ghana
Greater Accra Region
Accra Metropolitan District

Legon

Legon, a suburb of the city , is situated about 12 kilometres north-east of the city center in the Ayawaso West Municipal District, a district in the of .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Legion”, “legon”, and “regon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Achimota Forest and Achimota School.

Protected area
Photo: Kwaku Berko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reserve is a forest in in the Okaikwei North Municipality in the . It is located approximately 7.6 km from Accra.

School
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, formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at in , , . is situated 3 km southwest of Legon.

School
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Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School is a secondary boarding school for boys. It is located in Legon, , . It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast. is situated 3 km northeast of Legon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christian Village and Dzorwulu.

Suburb
is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the of . is situated 3 km west of Legon.

Town
is the capital of the Ayawaso West Municipal District, a district of the of . and North are separated by the N1 highway. is situated 4 km south of Legon.

Legon

Latitude
5.64766° or 5° 38′ 52″ north
Longitude
-0.19603° or 0° 11′ 46″ west
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
Open location code
6CQXJRX3+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8404233112
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2298423
Wiki­data ID
Q1667812
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Legon” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Legon”
  • French: “Legon”
  • Ga: “Legɔn”
  • German: “Legon”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Legon”
  • Irish: “Legon”
  • Japanese: “レゴン”
  • Korean: “레곤”
  • Kusaal: “Legon”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Legon”
  • Spanish: “Legon”
  • Turkish: “Legon”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Legon”. Photo: Rtevels, CC BY-SA 3.0.