Biriwa
Biriwa is a village in Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region. Biriwa is situated nearby to the village Asafora, as well as near Anomabu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort William.
Fort William
Castle
Photo: Owula kpakpo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort William is a fort in Anomabu, Central Region, Ghana, originally known as Fort Anomabo and renamed Fort William in the 1830s by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building, and renamed the fort after King William IV. Fort William is situated 3½ km east of Biriwa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anomabu and Yamoransa.
Anomabu
Village
Photo: Flickr account, OGL.
Anomabu, also spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe, is a town on the coast of the Mfantsiman Municipal District of the Central Region of South Ghana. Anomabu is situated 3½ km northeast of Biriwa.
Yamoransa
Village
Yamoransa is a small town near Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana It lies along the main international road that connects Kumasi-Cape Coast or and Accra-Cape Coast or. Yamoransa is situated 6 km west of Biriwa.
Moree
Village
Moree is a town with small seaside resort in Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana. Moree was founded by giants Asebu Amanfi and his brother Farnyi Kwegya, and prolific hunter called Adzekese. Moree is situated 7 km southwest of Biriwa.
Biriwa
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Briwa”
- Category: locality
- Location: Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.1636° or 5° 9′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.15038° or 1° 9′ 1″ westElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
6CQW5R7X+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 990128066OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2302986
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