Achiaman
Achiaman is a town near Amasaman in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Achiaman has about 203,000 residents.- Type: Village with 203,000 residents
- Description: town in Greater Accra, Ghana
- Also known as: “Ashaiman”, “Atsiama”, and “Atsiaman”
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 Amasaman and Pokuase.
Amasaman
Town
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.
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. Pokuase is situated 5 km east of Achiaman.
Achiaman
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ga West Municipal Assembly, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.698° or 5° 41′ 53″ north
Longitude
-0.328° or 0° 19′ 41″ west
Population
203,000
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
6CQXMMXC+5Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Achiaman” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ачиаман”
- Cebuano: “Achiaman”
- Dutch: “Achiaman”
- Irish: “Achiaman”
- Russian: “Ачиаман”
- Swedish: “Achiaman”
- Swedish: “Ashaiman”
- Turkish: “Achiaman”
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