Taifa
Taifa is a town in the Ga East Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of south-eastern Ghana near the capital Accra. Taifa is the twenty-sixth largest settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 68,459 people.- Type: Suburb with 68,500 residents
- Description: town in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Taifa, Accra” and “Taifa, Ghana”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Achimota Retail Centre and Ga East Municipal Hospital.
Achimota Retail Centre
Shopping center
The Achimota Retail Centre is a shopping centre located at Dome near the St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dome and Kwabenya.
Dome
Town
Dome is a town in the Ga East Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Kwabenya
Suburb
Kwabenya is an upmarket suburb in the Ga East… Kwabenya is situated 3½ km north of Taifa.
Christian Village
Neighborhood
Christian Village is a town in the Accra Metropolitan… Christian Village is situated 4 km southeast of Taifa.
Taifa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ga East Municipal Assembly, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.65665° or 5° 39′ 24″ north
Longitude
-0.25002° or 0° 15′ 0″ west
Population
68,500
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
6CQXMP4X+MX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Urdu—“Taifa” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Taifa, Nkran”
- Dutch: “Taifa”
- French: “Taifa”
- Ga: “Taifa”
- German: “Taifa”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Taifa, Accra”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Taifa”
- Hausa: “Taifa”
- Irish: “Taifa”
- Japanese: “タイファ”
- Moksha: “Тайфа (Гана)”
- Moksha: “Тайфа”
- Spanish: “Taifa”
- Swahili: “Taifa, Accra”
- Turkish: “Taifa”
- Twi: “Taifa”
- Urdu: “طائفہ، اکرا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ofankor and Tantra Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Seventh-day Adventist Church and Ramseyer Congregation.
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