Ankobra River
The Ankobra River is situated in southwest Ghana. The river originates from northeast of Wiawso in the Western North Region of Ghana. It flows about 190 kilometres south to the Gulf of Guinea, and enters the ocean about 60 km to the west of the city of Takoradi.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river primarily situated in Ghana
- Also known as: “Ankwao” and “Rio Ankobra”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axim and Domunli.
Domunli
Village
Domunli is a town in the Western Region of Ghana. Domunli is situated 10 km southeast of Ankobra River.
Ngulofolo
Town
Nkroful is a village and the capital of the… Ngulofolo is situated 10 km northwest of Ankobra River.
Ankobra River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.89916° or 4° 53′ 57″ north
Longitude
-2.26858° or 2° 16′ 7″ west
Open location code
6CPVVPXJ+MH
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Welsh—“Ankobra River” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Asubonten Ankobra”
- Arabic: “نهر أنكوبرا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Ankobra”
- Bulgarian: “Анкобра”
- Cebuano: “Ankobra”
- Chinese: “安科布拉河”
- Czech: “Ankobra”
- Dagbani: “Ankobra Mɔɣili”
- French: “Ankobra River”
- French: “Ankobra”
- German: “Ankobra”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Ankobra River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Ankobra”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ankobra”
- Italian: “Ankobra”
- Japanese: “アンコブラ川”
- Lithuanian: “Ankobra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ankobra”
- Norwegian: “Ankobra”
- Polish: “Ankobra”
- Russian: “Анкобра”
- Slovak: “Ankobra”
- Somali: “Webiga Ankobra”
- Spanish: “Río Ankobra”
- Swahili: “Mto Ankobra”
- Swedish: “Ankobra”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Ankobra”
- Twi: “Asubonten Ankobra”
- Ukrainian: “Анкобра”
- Venetian: “Fiume Ankobra”
- Welsh: “Afon Ankobra”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sawoma and Asanta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Akromasi Point and Akrumasi Ledge.
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Worth a closer look: Accra and Kumasi.
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