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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 68,500 residents
- Description: town in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Taifa, Accra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Achimota Retail Centre and Guinness Ghana Breweries.
Achimota Retail Centre
Shopping center
The Achimota Retail Centre is a shopping centre located at Dome near the St. John's Grammar School, along the Accra—Nsawam Highway in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Guinness Ghana Breweries
Brewery
Guinness Ghana Breweries is a Ghanaian brewery founded in 1960, located in the Kaase Industrial Area in Kumasi and listed on the stock index of the Ghana Stock Exchange, the GSE All-Share Index. Guinness Ghana Breweries is situated 3 km southeast of Taifa.
Accra Brewery Limited
Brewery
Accra Brewery Limited is a brewery based in Accra, Ghana. Accra Brewery Limited is situated 3 km southeast of Taifa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kwabenya and Christian Village.
Kwabenya
Suburb
Kwabenya is an upmarket suburb in the Ga East Municipal district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. There are a number of high-end gated communities and estates in the area, including two Regimanuel Gray estates, some of Ofankor Hills Estate, and some of Franko Estates among others, which border with the neighbouring suburb of Pokuase. Kwabenya is situated 3½ km north of Taifa.
Christian Village
Suburb
Christian Village is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. 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″ northLongitude
-0.25002° or 0° 15′ 0″ westPopulation
68,500Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)Open location code
6CQXMP4X+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 9703337660OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
12640508Wikidata ID
Q2388462
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Urdu—“Taifa” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Taifa, Nkran”
- Dutch: “Taifa, Accra”
- Dutch: “Taifa”
- French: “Taifa, Ghana”
- 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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