Ghana
Greater Accra Region
Accra Metropolitan District

Burma Camp

Burma Camp is the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence. The camp is in , . It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp might not re-emerge.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: military facility in Grater Accra Region of Ghana.Is the main headquarters of the Ghana Armed forces.
  • Also known as: “Giffard Camp”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kotoka International Airport and The Bank Hospital.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rjruiziii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an in , the capital of . The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited, which has its offices on the airport property.

Hospital
Photo: Jwale2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
also known as The Bank of Ghana Hospital is a hospital in completed in 2017. The hospital is located at in Accra. As of November 2019, the hospital had been left empty for 2 years after completion, in a deteriorating state, after the New Patriotic Party assumed office in 2017 and claimed to be making an audit on the facilities to ensure value for money.

Government office
The Embassy of the United States of America in Accra is the diplomatic mission of the in . It is the focal point for events relating to the United States held in Ghana. is situated 2½ km southwest of Burma Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cantonments and Labadi.

Suburb
is an affluent suburb of the Ghanaian city , in the La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, a district in the of Ghana.

Town
Photo: ThePipistrello, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as La, is a Peri-urban town in La Dade Kotopon Municipal District in the of . is situated 4 km south of Burma Camp.

Town
Photo: Ekpene, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal town in the Ledzokuku Municipal District, a district in the of southeastern . is the ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 171,875 people. is situated 4½ km east of Burma Camp.

Burma Camp

Latitude
5.59574° or 5° 35′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.15413° or 0° 9′ 15″ west
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
6CQXHRWW+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 957904733
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­barracks
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2302401
Wiki­data ID
Q4999329
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yoruba—“Burma Camp” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “緬甸營”
  • Dutch: “Burma Camp”
  • Kusaal: “Burma Camp”
  • Swedish: “Burma Camp”
  • Turkish: “Burma Camp”
  • Yoruba: “Burma Camp”

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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 “Burma Camp”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.