Mallam
Mallam is a town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is located on the main Kaneshie - Winneba Highway, a peri-urban town in the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra region of Ghana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: residential town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
- Also known as: “Mallam, Ghana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hindu Monastery of Africa and St Martin de Porres School.
Hindu Monastery of Africa
Hindu temple
Photo: Banksboomer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hindu Monastery of Africa is a Hindu monastic and temple complex headquartered in Odorkor, a suburb of Accra, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Hindu Monastery of Africa is situated 2½ km east of Mallam.
St Martin de Porres School
School
St Martin de Porres School is private co-educational school in Dansoman and West Hills in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. St Martin de Porres School is situated 3 km southeast of Mallam.
Melcom
Supermarket
Melcom is a supermarket chain consisting of 65 shops spread all over Ghana. It was started in 1989 by Indian magnate Bhagwan Khubchandani. His late father, Ramchand Khubchandani, had arrived in the then Gold Coast in 1929 as a 14-year-old to work as a store boy. Melcom is situated 3½ km southeast of Mallam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Awoshi and Odorkor.
Awoshi
Suburb
Awoshie is a town located in Ga central and Ablekuma North Municipal Districts of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Odorkor
Suburb
Odorkor is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Odorkor is situated 2½ km east of Mallam.
Gbawe
Town
Photo: Kwameghana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gbawe is a town in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana near the capital Accra. Gbawe is the twenty-third largest settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 74,403 people. Gbawe is situated 3 km northwest of Mallam.
Mallam
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ga South Municipal Assembly, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.57434° or 5° 34′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.28896° or 0° 17′ 20″ westElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
6CQXHPF6+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2147840750OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Irish—“Mallam” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Mallam”
- Dutch: “Mallam”
- Irish: “Mallam”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Mallam”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.