Abossey Okai
Abossey Okai is a town in the Ablekuma Central District which hosts the largest automobile-parts market of Ghana in the Greater Accra region. This Neighborhood has variety of workshops for metal engineering and vehicle repairs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaneshie market and National Museum of Ghana.
Kaneshie market
Marketplace
Photo: NanaYawBotar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kaneshi Markets Limited is a trading Centre in Kaneshie, Accra, Ghana. It was built in the 1970s. The name "Kaneshie" means "under the lamp" referring to its beginnings as a night market.
National Museum of Ghana
Museum
Photo: Sathyan.velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Museum, also known as the National Museum of Ghana, is a museum located in Accra, Ghana. Established in 1957, it is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. National Museum of Ghana is situated 3 km east of Abossey Okai.
University of Ghana Medical School
University
The University of Ghana Medical School also UGMS is the medical school of Ghana's first public research institution, the University of Ghana. It is currently located at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mataheko and Kaneshie.
Mataheko
Suburb
Mataheko is a town in the Ablekuma Central Municipal district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Kaneshie
Suburb
Kaneshie is a suburb in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The name was derived from a word in the Ga-Adangbe, that is "Kane Shie Shie", meaning "under the lamp" referring to its beginnings as a night market.
Lartebiokorshie
Suburb
Lartebiokoshie is a town in the Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Abossey Okai
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Accra, Ghana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.5591° or 5° 33′ 33″ northLongitude
-0.23362° or 0° 14′ 1″ westElevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
6CQXHQ58+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 132393972OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Abossey Okai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبوسي أوكاي”
- Dutch: “Abossey Okai”
- Turkish: “Abossey Okai”
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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 “Abossey Okai”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.