Akweteyman
Akweteyman is a town in the Okaikwei North Municipal, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.- Type: Suburb
- Description: town in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Akweteman”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Achimota Retail Centre and Achimota Forest.
Achimota Retail Centre
Shopping center
The Achimota Retail Centre is a shopping centre located at Dome near the St. John's Grammar School, along the Accra—Nsawam Highway in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Achimota Retail Centre is situated 2½ km north of Akweteyman.
Achimota Forest
Protected area
Photo: Kwaku Berko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Achimota Forest Reserve is a forest in Achimota in the Okaikwei North Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. It is located approximately 7.6 km from Accra. Achimota Forest is situated 3½ km northeast of Akweteyman.
Achimota School
School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Achimota School, formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. Achimota School is situated 3 km northeast of Akweteyman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lapaz and Tesano.
Lapaz
Suburb
Photo: Kwabenabaop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lapaz is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The name Lapaz was adopted from a now defunct hotel, Hotel de Lapaz, which was the first hotel in the area.
Tesano
Suburb
Tesano is a suburb of Accra, Ghana. It is on the main Accra–Kumasi Highway before Achimota. The main campus of Ghana Technology University College is located inside Tesano.
Abelemkpe
Suburb
Abelenkpe is an urban area in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Abelenkpe is located in the northern part of the Accra Metropolitan District in the Greater Accra Region.
Akweteyman
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.61625° or 5° 36′ 59″ northLongitude
-0.23755° or 0° 14′ 15″ westElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
6CQXJQ86+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 374294771OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Hausa—“Akweteyman” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Akweteyman”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Akweteyman”
- Hausa: “Akweteyman”
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