West Africa
Gambia
West Coast Division

Ghana Town

Ghana Town is a small coastal fishing town in western . It is located in District in the Western Division. As of 2024, it had an estimated population of approximately 1,500.
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  • Type: Village with 1,500 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Ghanatown”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brufut and Tanji.

is a town located in the Western Division of . The town of is situated a couple of kilometres inland from the coastal road, but the name is applied to an area extending from around the town, out to the coast.

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is a fishing village of 15,000 people on the western cost of the Gambia. In you can view the whole industry from making boats and nets, catching fish, salting, smoking and freezing fish.

Town
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is a town located in the Western Division of . It had a population of 16,667 as of the 1993 census. is situated 7 km northeast of Ghana Town.

Ghana Town

Latitude
13.38482° or 13° 23′ 5″ north
Longitude
-16.76781° or 16° 46′ 4″ west
Population
1,500
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
7C5596MJ+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 326409551
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2413436
Wiki­data ID
Q455190
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Persian—“Ghana Town” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ghana Town”
  • Chinese: “加納鎮”
  • Chinese: “加纳镇”
  • Chinese: “迦納鎮”
  • Dutch: “Ghana Town”
  • French: “Ghana Town”
  • German: “Ghana Town”
  • Persian: “شهر غنا”

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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 “Ghana Town”. Photo: Jolle, CC BY-SA 3.0.