Effia
Effia is a village in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 10 kilometres from Takoradi, the regional capital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Western Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Efia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Takoradi Technical Institute and Takoradi Airport.
Takoradi Technical Institute
School
Photo: Jwale2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Takoradi Technical Institute is a mixed-sex school found in Takoradi.The school was established in 1982 with the collaboration of the Ghanaian Government and German Government Support for Technical Cooperation.
Takoradi Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Sean MENDIS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Takoradi Airport is an airport in Sekondi-Takoradi, a city and capital of Western Region southern Ghana. It is the fourth busiest airport in Ghana, with 124,930 passengers in 2024. Takoradi Airport is situated 3½ km south of Effia.
Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital
Hospital
Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital is one of the ten regional hospitals of Ghana located in the Western Region. It is a secondary health facility which also receives referrals from the Western corridor of Ghana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanokrom and Sekondi-Takoradi.
Tanokrom
Suburb
Tanokrom is a town in Ghana. It is located five kilometers from Takoradi the regional capital of the Western region of Ghana. It is a dormitory town and provides housing facilities for several families who work in and around Takoradi.
Sekondi-Takoradi
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sekondi and Takoradi are adjacent port cities; the combined municipality forms the capital of Western Ghana.
Kwesimintsim
Town
Kwesimintsim is a residential town in the Western region of Ghana. It is about 5 kilometres westwards from Takoradi the regional capital. The town under the Effia-Kwesimintsim constituency of Ghana. Kwesimintsim is situated 3 km southwest of Effia.
Effia
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Effia” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Effia”
- Irish: “Effia”
- Turkish: “Effia”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Effia”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.