Ghana
Greater Accra Region
Accra Metropolitan District

Black Star Square

Black Star Square, also known as Independence Square, is a public square in , Ghana, bordered by the and the .
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Dandalin Black Star”, “hei xing guang chang”, “Independence Square”, “kykr hkwkb hshwr”, “Piata Steaua Neagra”, and “Plaza de la Estrella Negra”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Independence Arch and Accra Sports Stadium.

Photo: George Appiah, CC BY 2.0.
The is a national monument located at Black Star Square in , the capital of . It forms part of a complex of monuments commemorating the country's independence from British colonial rule in 1957. is situated 110 metres south of Black Star Square.

Stadium
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The , formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium, is a multi-use stadium located in , Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union. is situated 450 metres north of Black Star Square.

Work of art
Photo: Obruni, Public domain.
is a monument in , . It stands in honour of several veterans of the Burma campaign conducted during the Second World War by Commonwealth forces in which the veterans fought for the British Empire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Accra and Osu.

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is the capital city of . has a mix of 19th-century colonial architecture, modern skyscrapers and apartment blocks, and dusty shanty towns.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in central , , . It is located about 3 kilometres east of the central business district, and is locally known as the "West End" of Accra.

Suburb
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is a town in the Korle-Klottey Municipal District, located in the of Ghana. It was the first affluent neighborhood in Ghana during the British era. is situated 3 km northwest of Black Star Square.

Black Star Square

Latitude
5.54745° or 5° 32′ 51″ north
Longitude
-0.19257° or 0° 11′ 33″ west
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
6CQXGRW4+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 11529315
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
6619728
Wiki­data ID
Q4921908
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Black Star Square” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Independence Square”
  • Afar: “Independence Square”
  • Afrikaans: “Independence Square”
  • Akan: “Independence Square”
  • Albanian: “Independence Square”
  • Arabic: “ساحة النجمة السوداء”
  • Aragonese: “Independence Square”
  • Arpitan: “Independence Square”
  • Asturian: “Independence Square”
  • Aymara: “Independence Square”
  • Azerbaijani: “Independence Square”
  • Bambara: “Independence Square”
  • Banjar: “Independence Square”
  • Basque: “Independence Square”
  • Basque: “Izar Beltzaren enparantza”
  • Batak Toba: “Independence Square”
  • Bavarian: “Independence Square”
  • Bislama: “Independence Square”
  • Bosnian: “Independence Square”
  • Breton: “Independence Square”
  • Buginese: “Independence Square”
  • Catalan: “Independence Square”
  • Cebuano: “Independence Square”
  • Central Bikol: “Independence Square”
  • Chamorro: “Independence Square”
  • Chavacano: “Independence Square”
  • Cheyenne: “Independence Square”
  • Chinese: “黑星广场”
  • Choctaw: “Independence Square”
  • Cornish: “Independence Square”
  • Corsican: “Independence Square”
  • Cree: “Independence Square”
  • Creek: “Independence Square”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Independence Square”
  • Croatian: “Independence Square”
  • Czech: “Independence Square”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Černé hvězdy”
  • Danish: “Independence Square”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Independence Square”
  • Dutch: “Independence Square”
  • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: “Independence Square”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان النجم الاسود”
  • Erzya: “Independence Square”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de Sendependeco”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Nigra Stelo”
  • Estonian: “Independence Square”
  • Extremaduran: “Independence Square”
  • Farefare: “‘Black star square’”
  • Faroese: “Independence Square”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Independence Square”
  • Fijian: “Independence Square”
  • Finnish: “Independence Square”
  • French: “Black Star Square”
  • French: “Independence Square”
  • French: “place de l’Étoile Noire”
  • French: “Place de l’Étoile Noire”
  • Friulian: “Independence Square”
  • Fulah: “Independence Square”
  • Gagauz: “Independence Square”
  • Galician: “Independence Square”
  • Ganda: “Independence Square”
  • German: “Black Star Square”
  • German: “Independence Square”
  • German: “Platz des Schwarzen Sterns”
  • German: “Schwarzsternplatz”
  • German: “Unabhänigkeitsplatz”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Black Star Square”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Independence Square”
  • Goan Konkani: “Independence Square”
  • Gorontalo: “Independence Square”
  • Guarani: “Independence Square”
  • Haitian: “Independence Square”
  • Hausa: “Dandalin Black Star”
  • Hausa: “Independence Square”
  • Hawaiian: “Independence Square”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר הכוכב השחור”
  • Herero: “Independence Square”
  • Hiri Motu: “Independence Square”
  • Hungarian: “Independence Square”
  • Hunsrik: “Independence Square”
  • Icelandic: “Independence Square”
  • Ido: “Independence Square”
  • Igbo: “Independence Square”
  • Iloko: “Independence Square”
  • Indonesian: “Independence Square”
  • Interlingua: “Independence Square”
  • Interlingue: “Independence Square”
  • Inupiaq: “Independence Square”
  • Irish: “Independence Square”
  • Italian: “Independence Square”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Independence Square”
  • Javanese: “Independence Square”
  • Kabyle: “Independence Square”
  • Kalaallisut: “Independence Square”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Independence Square”
  • Kashubian: “Independence Square”
  • Kazakh: “Independence Square”
  • Kikuyu: “Independence Square”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Independence Square”
  • Kölsch: “Independence Square”
  • Kongo: “Independence Square”
  • Korean: “블랙 스타 광장”
  • Kuanyama: “Independence Square”
  • Kurdish: “Independence Square”
  • Kusaal: “Black Star Square”
  • Ladino: “Independence Square”
  • Latgalian: “Independence Square”
  • Latin: “Independence Square”
  • Latvian: “Independence Square”
  • Ligurian: “Independence Square”
  • Limburgan: “Independence Square”
  • Lingala: “Independence Square”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Independence Square”
  • Lithuanian: “Independence Square”
  • Liv: “Independence Square”
  • Livvi: “Independence Square”
  • Lojban: “Independence Square”
  • Lombard: “Independence Square”
  • Low German: “Independence Square”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Independence Square”
  • Lule Sami: “Independence Square”
  • Luxembourgish: “Independence Square”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Independence Square”
  • Malagasy: “Independence Square”
  • Malay: “Independence Square”
  • Maltese: “Independence Square”
  • Manx: “Independence Square”
  • Maori: “Independence Square”
  • Marshallese: “Independence Square”
  • Megleno Romanian: “Independence Square”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Independence Square”
  • Minangkabau: “Independence Square”
  • Mirandese: “Independence Square”
  • Narom: “Independence Square”
  • Nauru: “Independence Square”
  • Navajo: “Independence Square”
  • Ndonga: “Independence Square”
  • Neapolitan: “Independence Square”
  • Northern Frisian: “Independence Square”
  • Northern Sami: “Independence Square”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Independence Square”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Independence Square”
  • Novial: “Independence Square”
  • Nyanja: “Independence Square”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Independence Square”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Independence Square”
  • Oromo: “Independence Square”
  • Pali: “Independence Square”
  • Pampanga: “Independence Square”
  • Pangasinan: “Independence Square”
  • Papiamento: “Independence Square”
  • Pedi: “Independence Square”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Independence Square”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Independence Square”
  • Picard: “Independence Square”
  • Piemontese: “Independence Square”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Independence Square”
  • Polish: “Independence Square”
  • Portuguese: “Independence Square”
  • Prussian: “Independence Square”
  • Quechua: “Independence Square”
  • Romagnol: “Independence Square”
  • Romanian: “Independence Square”
  • Romanian: “Piața Steaua Neagră”
  • Romansh: “Independence Square”
  • Rundi: “Independence Square”
  • Samoan: “Independence Square”
  • Sango: “Independence Square”
  • Sardinian: “Independence Square”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Independence Square”
  • Scots: “Independence Square”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Independence Square”
  • Serbian: “Independence Square”
  • Shona: “Independence Square”
  • Sicilian: “Independence Square”
  • Silesian: “Independence Square”
  • Slovak: “Independence Square”
  • Slovenian: “Independence Square”
  • Somali: “Independence Square”
  • Southern Sami: “Independence Square”
  • Southern Sotho: “Independence Square”
  • Spanish: “Independence Square”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de la Estrella Negra”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Independence Square”
  • Sundanese: “Independence Square”
  • Swahili: “Independence Square”
  • Swati: “Independence Square”
  • Swedish: “Independence Square”
  • Tachelhit: “Independence Square”
  • Tagalog: “Independence Square”
  • Tahitian: “Independence Square”
  • Tajik: “Independence Square”
  • Tatar: “Independence Square”
  • Tetum: “Independence Square”
  • Tok Pisin: “Independence Square”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Independence Square”
  • Tsonga: “Independence Square”
  • Tswana: “Independence Square”
  • Tumbuka: “Independence Square”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “Independence Square”
  • Turkish: “Independence Square”
  • Twi: “Black Star Square”
  • Twi: “Independence Square”
  • Uighur: “Independence Square”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Independence Square”
  • Uzbek: “Independence Square”
  • Venda: “Independence Square”
  • Venetian: “Independence Square”
  • Veps: “Independence Square”
  • Vietnamese: “Independence Square”
  • Vlaams: “Independence Square”
  • Vlax Romani: “Independence Square”
  • Volapük: “Independence Square”
  • Võro: “Independence Square”
  • Votic: “Independence Square”
  • Walloon: “Independence Square”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Independence Square”
  • Welsh: “Independence Square”
  • Western Frisian: “Independence Square”
  • Wolof: “Independence Square”
  • Xhosa: “Independence Square”
  • Yoruba: “Independence Square”
  • Zeeuws: “Independence Square”
  • Zhuang: “Independence Square”
  • Zulu: “Independence Square”
  • “Independence Square”

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