Densu River
The Densu River is a 116km long river in Ghana rising in the Atewa Range. It flows through an economically important agricultural region, supplies half the drinking water to Ghana's capital city of Accra.- Type: River
- Description: river in Ghana
- Also known as: “Sekum”
Places of Interest
Highlights: West Hills Mall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weidza and Gbawe.
Gbawe
Town
Gbawe is a town in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana near the capital Accra.
Densu River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.55694° or 5° 33′ 25″ north
Longitude
-0.3221° or 0° 19′ 20″ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6CQXHM4H+Q5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Densu River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر دينسو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Densu”
- Bulgarian: “Денсу”
- Cebuano: “Densu”
- Chinese: “登苏河”
- Chinese: “登蘇河”
- Dagbani: “Densu Mɔɣili”
- Dagbani: “Densu River”
- French: “Densu”
- German: “Densu”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Densu River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Densu”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Densu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Densu”
- Lithuanian: “Densu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Densu”
- Polish: “Densu”
- Somali: “Webiga Densu”
- Swahili: “Mto Densu”
- Swedish: “Densu”
- Twi: “Densu Asubɔnten no”
- Venetian: “Fiume Densu”
- Welsh: “Afon Densu”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sampa Valley and Old Barrier/Kokrobite Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: The Methodist Church of Ghana - New Aplaku and The Apostolic Continuation Church International Old Barrier Assembly.
Ghana: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Accra and Kumasi.
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