Kengen
Kengen, originally called Kenrene, is a town in Jomoro District of the Jomoro constituency of the Western Region of Ghana. Other people have ascribed names such as Kangan or Kangane, but this is as a result of mispronunciation by non-local writers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: town in Ghana
- Also known as: “Kangan”, “Kangane”, and “Kengen, Ghana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nzulezo and Beyin.
Nzulezo
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Nzulezo is a world heritage listed remote stilt village in Western Ghana. Nzulezo was built over water for protection and safety during attacks in times of war. The main activities of its inhabitants is agriculture, while fishery plays a secondary role.
Beyin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beyin is a village in the Jomoro district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana and also the traditional capital of the Western Nzema traditional Council. Beyin is situated 6 km east of Kengen.
Kengen
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Jomoro Municipal District, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.99863° or 4° 59′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.64638° or 2° 38′ 47″ westElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
6CPVX9X3+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2145887546OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Kengen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kengen”
- Irish: “Kengen”
- Turkish: “Kengen”
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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 “Kengen”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.