Ghana
Western Region
Ahanta West Municipal District

Dixcove

Dixcove is a coastal village and a fishing community in the Ahanta West district, a district in the Western Region of South , located approximately 35 km west of the regional capital of .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: coastal village in Ghana
  • Also known as: “di ke si duo fu”, “Dikskov”, “Dix Cove”, “dyqsqwb”, and “Nfuma”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Metal Cross.

Castle
Photo: Thegoodeastern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, originally Fort Dixcove, is a military structure located on a promontory at the fishing community of Infuma in Dixcove, in the Western Region of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Busua and Butre.

Photo: Tom Lubbe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a beach resort and fishing village in the Ahanta West District of the in , about 30 kilometers west of the regional capital, in the Gulf of Guinea.

Village
Photo: Macabe5387, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the Ahanta West district, district in the of . contains the Castle. is situated 4½ km northeast of Dixcove.

Dixcove

Latitude
4.79479° or 4° 47′ 41″ north
Longitude
-1.9464° or 1° 56′ 47″ west
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
6CPWQ3V3+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 936564954
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2301715
Wiki­data ID
Q1231673
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Dixcove” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “迪克斯多夫”
  • Dutch: “Dixcove”
  • French: “Dixcove”
  • German: “Dixcove”
  • German: “Dixkove”
  • Hausa: “Dixcove”
  • Hebrew: “דיקסקוב”
  • Irish: “Dixcove”
  • Russian: “Диксков”
  • Swedish: “Dixcove”
  • Turkish: “Dixcove”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Dixcove”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.