Amasaman
Amasama is a small town and is the capital of Ga West Municipal District, an MMDA located within the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The town is known for the Amasama Secondary Technical School. The school is a second cycle institution.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: district capital in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “amasaman”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ga West Municipal Assembly.
Ga West Municipal Assembly
Government office
Ga West Municipal Assembly is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ga District in 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Ga East District in 2004; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Ga West District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pokuase and Kwabenya.
Pokuase
Town
Pokuase, also spelled Pokoasi, is a suburb of Accra, the capital city of Ghana and spans the area from Pokuase, leading off the Accra-Kumasi motorway on the right coming from Accra central; and leading off the motorway at Pokuase Junction and rising to ‘Okai Kwei Hill’, on the left coming from town.
Kwabenya
Suburb
Kwabenya is an upmarket suburb in the Ga East Municipal district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. There are a number of high-end gated communities and estates in the area, including two Regimanuel Gray estates, some of Ofankor Hills Estate, and some of Franko Estates among others, which border with the neighbouring suburb of Pokuase. Kwabenya is situated 6 km east of Amasaman.
Taifa
Suburb
Taifa is a town in the Ga East Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of south-eastern Ghana near the capital Accra. Taifa is the twenty-sixth largest settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 68,459 people. Taifa is situated 8 km southeast of Amasaman.
Amasaman
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ga West Municipal Assembly, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.70329° or 5° 42′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.29907° or 0° 17′ 57″ westElevation
62 metres (203 feet)United Nations Location Code
GH AMAOpen location code
6CQXPP32+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 4971024741OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2304810Wikidata ID
Q4740394
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Amasaman” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Amasaman”
- Dagbani: “Amasaman”
- Dutch: “Amasaman”
- Farefare: “Amasaman”
- French: “Amasaman”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Amasaman”
- Hausa: “Amasaman”
- Irish: “Amasaman”
- Kusaal: “Amasaman”
- Persian: “آماسامان”
- Persian: “اماسامان”
- Polish: “Amasaman”
- Russian: “Амасаман”
- South Azerbaijani: “آماسامان”
- Southern Dagaare: “Amasama”
- Swedish: “Amasaman”
- Turkish: “Amasaman”
- Twi: “Amasaman”
- Yoruba: “Amasaman”
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Highlights include NHIS Office and Amasaman Natinal Health Insurance Scheme Office.
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