Greater Accra Region

The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of 's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4% of the total land area of Ghana.
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Wikipedia
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  • Region of Ghana with 5,460,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 50 metres (164 feet)
  • Description: administrative region in Ghana
  • Also known as
    “Accra”
    “Accra Capital District”
    “Accra District”
    “Accra Region”
    “Capital District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kpone Thermal Power Station I and Michel Camp.
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Kpone Thermal Power Station is a 230 MW gas-fired thermal power station in Ghana.
is the base of the First 1st Battalion of Infantry of the Ghana Army.
, also known as Great… is situated 6 km south of Greater Accra Region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tema and Ashaiman.
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is a city on the .
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is a large town and the capital of the… is situated 7 km southwest of Greater Accra Region.

Greater Accra Region

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Latitude
5.75° or 5° 45′ north
Longitude
0°
Open location code
6FQ2Q222+22
Geo­Names ID
2300569
Wiki­data ID
Q431729

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In Other Languages

From Akan to Yue Chinese—“Greater Accra Region” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Nkran punpuni Mantam”
  • Akan: “nkran”
  • Arabic: “إقليم أكرا الكبرى”
  • Arabic: “منطقة أكرا الكبرى”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Աքրա”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая Акра”
  • Belarusian: “рэгіён Вялікая Акра”
  • Bengali: “গ্রেটার আক্রা অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Greater Accra”
  • Bulgarian: “Голяма Акра”
  • Bulgarian: “Регион Голяма Акра”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Gran Accra”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Gran Accra”
  • Cebuano: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Chinese: “大阿克拉地区”
  • Chinese: “大阿克拉地區”
  • Chinese: “大阿克拉大區”
  • Czech: “Greater Accra”
  • Czech: “Větší Accra”
  • Czech: “Větší Akra”
  • Dagbani: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Danish: “Greater Accra”
  • Dutch: “Greater Accra”
  • Esperanto: “Grand-Akrao”
  • Farefare: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Finnish: “Greater Accra”
  • Finnish: “Suur-Accra”
  • French: “Grand Accra”
  • French: “Région du Grand Accra”
  • Georgian: “დიდი აკრის რეგიონი”
  • German: “GH-AA”
  • German: “Greater Accra Region”
  • German: “Greater Accra”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Greek: “Γκρέιτερ Άκρα”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્રેટર એક્રા પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Greater Accra”
  • Hebrew: “אזור אקרה רבתי”
  • Hindi: “बृहत्तर एकरा प्रदेश”
  • Igbo: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Indonesian: “Region Greater Accra”
  • Italian: “Grande Accra”
  • Italian: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Italian: “regione della Grande Accra”
  • Italian: “Regione della Grande Accra”
  • Japanese: “グレーター・アクラ州”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರೇಟರ್ ಅಕ್ರಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “그레이터아크라 주”
  • Korean: “그레이터아크라주”
  • Kurdish: “Herêma Akraya Mezin”
  • Kusaal: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Latvian: “Lielās Akras reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Didžiosios Akros regionas”
  • Malay: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Marathi: “ग्रेटर अकरा प्रदेश”
  • Mingrelian: “დიდი აკრაშ რეგიონი”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لمنطقة د آكرا لكبيرة”
  • Mossi: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Northern Frisian: “Greater Accra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Greater Accra”
  • Norwegian: “Greater Accra”
  • Persian: “منطقه آکرای بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Region Greater Accra”
  • Polish: “Region Wielka Akra”
  • Polish: “Wielka Akra”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Acra”
  • Portuguese: “Região da Grande Acra”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Marea Accra”
  • Russian: “Большая Аккра”
  • Sinhala: “මහා අක්රා කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “GH-AA”
  • Slovenian: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Slovenian: “Greater Accra”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Greater Accra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آکرای بزرق اوستانی”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Spanish: “Gran Accra”
  • Spanish: “Gran Acra”
  • Spanish: “Región Gran Acra”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Greater Accra”
  • Swedish: “Greater Accra”
  • Swedish: “Storaccra”
  • Tamil: “கிரேட்டர் ஆசிரா பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Зур Аккра”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేటర్ అక్రా ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตเซ้าธ์ บานัต”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Accra Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Akra Bölgesi”
  • Twi: “Nkran Mantam”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика Аккра”
  • Urdu: “عظیم اکرا ریجن”
  • Urdu: “عظیم اکرا علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Greater Accra”
  • Western Armenian: “Մեծ Աքրա”
  • Wu Chinese: “大阿克拉地区”
  • Yoruba: “Greater Accra Region”
  • Yue Chinese: “大阿克拉大區”

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