Achimota Forest

Achimota Forest Reserve is a forest in in the Okaikwei North Municipality in the . It is located approximately 7.6 km from Accra.
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Photo: Kwaku Berko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: forest reserve in Achimota, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Achimota Forest Reserve” and “Achimota Plantation”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Achimota School and Achimota Retail Centre.

School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at in , , .

Shopping center
The is a shopping centre located at Dome near the St. John's Grammar School, along the — Highway in the of . is situated 4 km west of Achimota Forest.

School
is a private school in , , . It is a non-profit, college-preparatory, international school. There is an expatriate population associated with the various embassies, Foreign Service agencies, NGO's, United Nations organisations, and international businesses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christian Village and Dzorwulu.

Neighborhood
is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the of .

Suburb
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in the of . It is the capital of the Ayawaso West Municipal District. and neighbouring North are separated by the N1 highway.

Town
Photo: Rtevels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, 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 .

Achimota Forest

Latitude
5.63013° or 5° 37′ 49″ north
Longitude
-0.20768° or 0° 12′ 28″ west
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Inception
1930
Operator
Forestry Commission of Ghana
Open location code
6CQXJQJR+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146922927
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
Geo­Names ID
2300566
Wiki­data ID
Q112093154
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In Other Languages

From Farefare to Kinyarwanda—“Achimota Forest” goes by many names.
  • Farefare: “Achimota Forest”
  • Farefare: “Achimota Kɔya”
  • French: “forêt d’Achimota”
  • French: “Forêt d’Achimota”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Achimota Forest”
  • Hausa: “Achimota Forest”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ishyamba rya Achimota”

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