Abandze

Abandze is a small town near the Atlantic Ocean coast of , lying north-east of in the Central Region of Ghana. In 2010, the town had a population of 3,632.
Wikipedia
Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: town in Central, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Abaadze” and “Abadzi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Amsterdam and Fort William.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former slave fort in Abandze, Central region, . It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664.

Castle
Photo: Owula kpakpo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a fort in , , , originally known as Fort Anomabo and renamed in the 1830s by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building, and renamed the fort after King William IV. is situated 3½ km southwest of Abandze.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anomabu and Saltpond.

Village
Photo: Flickr account, OGL.
, also spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe, is a town on the coast of the of the of South . is situated 3½ km southwest of Abandze.

Town
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is a town in, and the capital of, the in the Central Region of . As of 2013, has a population of 24,689 people. is situated 4 km east of Abandze.

Abandze

Latitude
5.19467° or 5° 11′ 41″ north
Longitude
-1.09417° or 1° 5′ 39″ west
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
6CQW5WV4+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4703573244
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2306462
Wiki­data ID
Q3757545
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Satellite Map

Discover Abandze from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Ukrainian—“Abandze” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Abandze”
  • Akan: “Abanze”
  • Dutch: “Abandze”
  • Esperanto: “Abanze”
  • Hausa: “Abandze”
  • Irish: “Abandze”
  • Japanese: “アバンゼ”
  • Russian: “Абаадзе”
  • Ukrainian: “Абандзе”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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