Awangazule
Awangazule is a lagoon in Western Region, Ghana. Awangazule is situated nearby to the locality Benyimadi, as well as near the village Domunli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Saint Anthony and Nzema East Municipal District.
Fort Saint Anthony
Castle
Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Saint Anthony was a fort built by the Portuguese in 1515 near the town of Axim, in what is now Ghana. In 1642, the Dutch captured the fort and subsequently made it part of the Dutch Gold Coast. Fort Saint Anthony is situated 3½ km northwest of Awangazule.
Nzema East Municipal District
Government office
Nzema East Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. It was originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Nzema East District, which was created from the former Nzema District Council… Nzema East Municipal District is situated 3½ km northwest of Awangazule.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Domunli and Axim.
Domunli
Village
Domunli is a town in the Western Region of Ghana. The town is south of Agufo on the Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located 100 kilometres west of the regional capital, Takoradi, and is in the Jomoro District.
Axim
Photo: Ottomuc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana. Axim lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region, west of Cape Three Points.
Awangazule
- Type: Lagoon
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.84556° or 4° 50′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.22098° or 2° 13′ 16″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
6CPVRQWH+6JGeoNames ID
11718006
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