Eja
Eja is a locality in Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region. Eja is situated nearby to the locality Great Kromanti Low Town, as well as near the village Abandze.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Amsterdam and Fort William.
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.
Fort William
Castle
Photo: Owula kpakpo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort William is a fort in Anomabu, Central Region, Ghana, originally known as Fort Anomabo and renamed Fort William in the 1830s by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building, and renamed the fort after King William IV.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abandze and Anomabu.
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.
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.
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. Saltpond is situated 6 km east of Eja.
Eja
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Aga”, “Agya”, “Aja”, “Egya”, “Egyaa Number 1”, “Egyaa Number 2”, and “Egyaa Number 3”
- Location: Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.18363° or 5° 11′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.10522° or 1° 6′ 19″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
6CQW5VMV+FWGeoNames ID
2301238
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