Great Kromanti High Town
Great Kromanti High Town is a locality in Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region. Great Kromanti High Town is situated nearby to the village Abandze, as well as near the locality Kete.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Amsterdam.
Fort Amsterdam
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Amsterdam is a former slave fort in Abandze, Central region, Ghana. It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abandze and Saltpond.
Abandze
Village
Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0.
Abandze is a small town near the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, lying north-east of Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana. In 2010, the town had a population of 3,632.
Saltpond
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saltpond is a town and the capital of the Mfantsiman Municipal District in the Central Region of Ghana. As of 2013, Saltpond has a population of 24,689 people.
Anomabu
Village
Photo: Flickr account, OGL.
Anomabu, also spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe, is a town on the coast of the Mfantsiman Municipal District of the Central Region of South Ghana. Anomabu is situated 5 km southwest of Great Kromanti High Town.
Great Kromanti High Town
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Cormantine”, “Great Kormantin”, “High Town”, “Kormantan”, “Kormantin”, “Kormantine Upper”, and “Kromantse Nkum”
- Location: Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.19899° or 5° 11′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.07918° or 1° 4′ 45″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
6CQW5WXC+H8GeoNames ID
2300568
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