Butre
Butre is a village in the Ahanta West district, district in the Western Region of Ghana. Butre contains the Fort Batenstein Castle.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Western Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Bootry”, “Boutrie”, “Boutry”, “Butre, Ghana”, and “Butri”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fort Batenstein.
Fort Batenstein
Fort Batenstein was a fort and trading post established by the Dutch on the Gold Coast in 1656.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Busua and Dixcove.
Dixcove
Town
Dixcove is a coastal village and a fishing community… Dixcove is situated 4½ km southwest of Butre.
Agona Nkwanta
Town
Agona Nkwanta is the capital of Ahanta West District in Ghana. Agona Nkwanta is situated 9 km northwest of Butre.
Butre
- Category: locality
- Location: Ahanta West Municipal District, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.82294° or 4° 49′ 23″ north
Longitude
-1.91694° or 1° 55′ 1″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
6CPWR3FM+56
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yoruba—“Butre” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Butre”
- Chinese: “布特雷”
- Dutch: “Butre”
- French: “Butre”
- Ga: “Butre”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Butre”
- Hausa: “Butre, Ghana”
- Hausa: “Butre”
- Hebrew: “בוטרה”
- Irish: “Butre”
- Russian: “Бутре”
- Turkish: “Butre”
- Twi: “Butre”
- Yoruba: “Butre”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Asemko and Asemasa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Busua Beach and Agona.
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