Dansoman
Dansoman is a suburban town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, It is known as one of the largest estates in West Africa.Photo: Yevu Courage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Dansoman Estate” and “DC”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Melcom and St Martin de Porres School.
Melcom
Supermarket
Melcom is a supermarket chain consisting of 65 shops spread all over Ghana. It was started in 1989 by Indian magnate Bhagwan Khubchandani. His late father, Ramchand Khubchandani, had arrived in the then Gold Coast in 1929 as a 14-year-old to work as a store boy.
St Martin de Porres School
School
St Martin de Porres School is private co-educational school in Dansoman and West Hills in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Hindu Monastery of Africa
Hindu temple
Photo: Banksboomer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hindu Monastery of Africa is a Hindu monastic and temple complex headquartered in Odorkor, a suburb of Accra, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Hindu Monastery of Africa is situated 4 km north of Dansoman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mataheko and Lartebiokorshie.
Mataheko
Suburb
Mataheko is a town in the Ablekuma Central Municipal district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Mataheko is situated 2½ km northeast of Dansoman.
Lartebiokorshie
Suburb
Lartebiokoshie is a town in the Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Lartebiokorshie is situated 3 km east of Dansoman.
Mamprobi
Suburb
Mamprobi is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is located south of Lartebiokorshie, northeast of Old Dansoman and north of Chorkor. Mamprobi is situated 3 km east of Dansoman.
Dansoman
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.54485° or 5° 32′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.26807° or 0° 16′ 5″ westElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
6CQXGPVJ+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 132395712OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
Discover Dansoman from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Dansoman” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dansoman”
- Ga: “Dansoman”
- Ga: “DC”
- German: “Dansoman”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Dansoman”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “DC”
- Hausa: “Dansoman”
- Hausa: “DC”
- Irish: “Dansoman”
- Russian: “Дансоман”
- Southern Dagaare: “Dansoman”
- Southern Dagaare: “DC”
- Turkish: “Dansoman”
- “Dansoman”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dansoman Police Station and Dansoman Community Post Office.
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