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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Kaneshie market
Marketplace
Photo: NanaYawBotar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kaneshi Markets Limited is a trading Centre in Kaneshie, Accra, Ghana. It was built in the 1970s. The name "Kaneshie" means "under the lamp" referring to its beginnings as a night market. Kaneshie market is situated 4 km northeast of Dansoman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lartebiokorshie and Chorkor.
Lartebiokorshie
Suburb
Lartebiokoshie is a town in the Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Chorkor
Suburb
Chorkor is a fishing village and neighbourhood in the Accra Metropolis District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The Chorkor oven got its name from here. Chorkor is situated 2½ km southeast 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 southeast of Dansoman.
Dansoman
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.54681° or 5° 32′ 49″ northLongitude
-0.26566° or 0° 15′ 56″ westElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
6CQXGPWM+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 132395712OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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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 Emmanuel Presbytarian Church and Dansoman Police Station.
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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 “Dansoman”. Photo: Yevu Courage, CC BY-SA 4.0.