Achimota
Achimota, is a town in the Accra Metropolitan District, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Achimota means "speak no name" in the Ga language. In pre-colonial Ghana, its forbidden forest was a "silent" refuge for runaway slaves.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 22,800 residents
- Description: Suburb in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Achimota Village”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Achimota School and Guinness Ghana Breweries.
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.
Guinness Ghana Breweries
Brewery
Guinness Ghana Breweries is a Ghanaian brewery founded in 1960, located in the Kaase Industrial Area in Kumasi and listed on the stock index of the Ghana Stock Exchange, the GSE All-Share Index.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christian Village and Abelemkpe.
Christian Village
Suburb
Christian Village is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
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.
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.
Achimota
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.6242° or 5° 37′ 27″ northLongitude
-0.22768° or 0° 13′ 40″ westPopulation
22,800Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)United Nations Location Code
GH ACHOpen location code
6CQXJQFC+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 373425495OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Achimota” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Achimota”
- Catalan: “Achimota”
- Dutch: “Achimota”
- French: “Achimota”
- Irish: “Achimota”
- Italian: “Achimota”
- Persian: “اچیموتا”
- South Azerbaijani: “اچیموتا”
- Spanish: “New Achimota”
- Turkish: “Achimota”
- Twi: “Achimota”
- Ukrainian: “Ачимота”
- Yoruba: “Achimota”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Abofu and Alogboshie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Achimota Forest Reserve and Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Achimota Logos.
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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 “Achimota”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.