Gomoa West District
Gomoa West District is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Gomoa District in 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create the first Gomoa East District, with Gomoa Afransi as its capital town, on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Gomoa West District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Ghana
- Description: district in Central Region
- Also known as: “Gomoa West”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Patience.
Fort Patience
Castle
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Fort Patience is a Dutch-built fort located in the township of Apam, in the Central Region of Ghana. Originally built in 1697, it served as a defensive fortification and a trading post.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Apam and Mumford.
Apam
Photo: StephanieRing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Apam is a town in Coastal Plain region of Ghana. Apam is the site of Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience, a Dutch-built fort which was completed in 1702, which dominates the fishing harbour and town from a rocky peninsula on the south side of the town.
Mumford
Village
Mumford is a town in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region of Ghana, near the Central regional capital Cape Coast. As of 2013, Mumford has a settlement population of 18,368 people. Mumford is situated 4 km southwest of Gomoa West District.
Gomoa West District
- Location: Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Gomoa West District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gomoa West”
- Hausa: “Gomoa West District”
- Igbo: “Gomoa West District”
- Italian: “Distretto di Gomoa Ovest”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Gomoa West District”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Gomoa West”
- Southern Dagaare: “Gomoa West Desekyere”
- Spanish: “Gomoa Oeste”
- Swedish: “Gomoa West”
- Twi: “Gomoa Atɔeɛ Mansini”
- Yoruba: “Gomoa West District”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nsawam and Abrekum.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Apabaka Lagoon and Awumfa Lagoon.
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