Aboadze
Aboadze is a town in the Western region of Ghana. It serves both as a dormitory town as well as an industrialized zone. It also houses Ghana's first thermal plant for electricity production.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: place in Western Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Aboaddi” and “Aboadi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Takoradi Thermal Power Station.
Takoradi Thermal Power Station
Power station
Photo: Enock4seth, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Takoradi Power Station is a thermal power station at Aboadze, 17 kilometres east of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. It consists of three power plants. The Aboadze power station became operational in 1997 and is the first fossil fuel power station operated by the Volta River Authority.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shama.
Shama
Photo: Sathyan.velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shama is a coastal town in the Shama district in the Ghanaian Coastal Plain. It is known for its lush beaches and vegetation. It is about 25 km away from Takoradi and 160 km from Ivoiro, the border town between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
Aboadze
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Shama District, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.97272° or 4° 58′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.65008° or 1° 39′ 0″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
6CPWX8FX+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 2145887322OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Aboadze” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿博阿泽”
- Dutch: “Aboadze”
- Irish: “Aboadze”
- Persian: “ابوادز”
- South Azerbaijani: “ابوادز”
- Turkish: “Aboadze”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aboadze Community Park and VRA International School Park.
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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 “Aboadze”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.