Fort Orange Lighthouse
Fort Orange Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Western Region. Fort Orange Lighthouse is situated nearby to the suburb New Takoradi.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan.
Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly
Government office
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Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District in 1988, which was created from the former Sekondi Takoradi… Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly is situated 1 km northwest of Fort Orange Lighthouse.
MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
Factory
Photo: Karadenizsosyal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is a Liberia-flagged floating power plant owned and operated by Karpowership. In 2016, she was launched from the Hat-San Shipyard in Altinova, Yalova, Turkey, marking the beginning of her mission to supply electricity to the Ghana power grid. MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is situated 1¼ km east of Fort Orange Lighthouse.
St. John’s School
School
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St. John's School is an all-boys' second-cycle Roman Catholic school located at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. The current curriculum falls within the Senior High School system in Ghana, with overall oversight by the Ghana Education Service. St. John’s School is situated 2 km west of Fort Orange Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sekondi-Takoradi and New Takoradi.
Sekondi-Takoradi
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Sekondi and Takoradi are adjacent port cities; the combined municipality forms the capital of Western Ghana.
New Takoradi
Suburb
New Takoradi is a town in the Western region of Ghana. It is 3 kilometres from the centre Takoradi the Western regional capital. The serves both as a dormitory town as well as an industrialized zone. New Takoradi is situated 5 km southwest of Fort Orange Lighthouse.
Tanokrom
Suburb
Tanokrom is a town in Ghana. It is located five kilometers from Takoradi the regional capital of the Western region of Ghana. It is a dormitory town and provides housing facilities for several families who work in and around Takoradi. Tanokrom is situated 7 km west of Fort Orange Lighthouse.
Fort Orange Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Historically known as: “Sekondi Lighthouse”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.93556° or 4° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.70736° or 1° 42′ 27″ westElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
6CPWW7PV+63GeoNames ID
11808942
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