Accra
Accra is the capital city of Ghana. Accra has a mix of 19th-century colonial architecture, modern skyscrapers and apartment blocks, and dusty shanty towns.
- City with about 1,780,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (200 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code ACC
- …is also known as “Akra”
- Description: capital city of Ghana
Places of Interest
Highlights include Accra Sports Stadium and Black Star Square.
Accra Sports Stadium
The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene…
Black Star Square
Black Star Square, also known as Independence Square…
National Museum of Ghana
The National Museum, also known as the National Museum…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osu and Adabraka.
Kokomlemle
Suburb
Kokomlemle is a town in the Accra Metropolitan…
Accra
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Latitude
5.5571° or 5° 33′ 26″ north
Longitude
-0.2012° or 0° 12′ 5″ west
UN/LOCODE
GH ACC
Open location code
6CQXHQ4X+RG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Abron to Zulu—“Accra” goes by many names.
AccraAbron
AkrAbron
NkranAbron
AccraAfrikaans
NkranAkan
AkraAlbanian
አክራAmharic
أكراArabic
عاصمة غاناArabic
AccraAragonese
ԱկրաArmenian
ԱքրաArmenian
AccraArpitan
AccraAsturian
अक्राAwadhi
AkkraAzerbaijani
AccraBalinese
AkraBambara
АккраBashkir
AkkraBasque
АкраBelarusian
আক্রাBengali
AccraBosnian
AccraBreton
АкраBulgarian
အက်ခရာမြို့Burmese
AccraCatalan
AccraCebuano
AcraCebuano
AccraCentral Bikol
AccraCentral Kanuri
ئەکراCentral Kurdish
AcraChavacano
АккраChechen
阿克拉Chinese
АккраChuvash
AccraCornish
AccraCroatian
AccraCzech
AkkraCzech
AccraDagbani
AkraDagbani
AnkaraDagbani
Baŋ ʒiaDagbani
AccraDanish
AkraDimli (individual language)
AccraDutch
اكراEgyptian Arabic
AkraoEsperanto
AkroEsperanto
AccraEstonian
AccraEwe
AkraEwe
AccraFanti
AkraFanti
Nkran Kuropɔn MantɔwFanti
AccraFarefare
AnkaraFarefare
AccraGhanaian Pidgin English
΄AκκραGreek
ΆκκραGreek
AkraGuarani
અક્રાGujarati
AkraHaitian
AccraHakka Chinese
AccraHausa
אקרהHebrew
अक्राHindi
एकराHindi
AccraHungarian
AccraIban
AkkraIcelandic
AccraIdo
AccraIgbo
AccraInari Sami
AccraIndonesian
AccraInterlingua
AccraInterlingue
AccraIrish
AccraItalian
アクラJapanese
AccraJavanese
AkraKabiyè
AkraKabyle
ಅಕ್ಕ್ರಾKannada
ಆಕ್ರಾKannada
AkkraKara-Kalpak
AkraKarekare
АккраKazakh
AccraKikuyu
AccraKinyarwanda
АккраKirghiz
AccraKomering
AccraKongo
아크라Korean
AccraKotava
AkraKurdish
AccraKusaal
AkraKusaal
AnkaraKusaal
Acara MagnaLatin
Accara MagnaLatin
AkraLatvian
AccraLigurian
AccraLimburgan
AccraLingala
AccraLingua Franca Nova
AkraLithuanian
AkkraLivvi
AccraLombard
AccraLuxembourgish
AccraMacedo-Romanian
АкраMacedonian
AccraMadurese
AccraMalagasy
AccraMalay
അക്രMalayalam
आक्राMarathi
آکراMazanderani
AccraMin Dong Chinese
AccraMin Nan Chinese
AccraMinangkabau
აკრაMingrelian
АккраMoksha
АккраMongolian
АкраMongolian
أكراMoroccan Arabic
AccraMossi
AkraMossi
ߊߞߙߊ߫N'Ko
AccraNauru
AccraNorthern Frisian
AccraNorthern Sami
AccraNorwegian
AccraNorwegian Bokmål
AccraNorwegian Nynorsk
AkraNovial
AccraOccitan (post 1500)
GahāmOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ଆକ୍ରାOriya
АккрæOssetian
AccraPampanga
ਅਕਰਾPanjabi
AccraPapiamento
آکراPersian
AccraPiemontese
AkraPitcairn-Norfolk
AkraPolish
آکراPushto
AccraQuechua
AccraRomanian
АккраRussian
AkraSamogitian
ᱟᱠᱠᱨᱟSantali
AccraSardinian
AccraScots
AccraScottish Gaelic
АкраSerbian
AccraSerbo-Croatian
AccraShona
AkraSilesian
اڪراSindhi
අක්රාSinhala
ඇක්රාSinhala
AccraSkolt Sami
AkkraSlovak
AccraSlovenian
AkraSlovenian
AkaraSomali
آکراSouth Azerbaijani
AccraSouthern Dagaare
AkraSouthern Dagaare
AccraSouthern Sotho
AccraSranan Tongo
AccraSundanese
AccraSwahili
AccraSwedish
AccraSwiss German
AccraTagalog
АккраTajik
AkkraTalysh
அக்ராTamil
АккраTatar
ఆక్రాTelugu
อักกราThai
ཨ་ཁ་ར།Tibetan
AccraTurkish
AkraTurkish
AkkraTurkmen
AkraTurkmen
AccraTwi
NkranTwi
AccraTyap
A̱ki̱raTyap
АккраUdmurt
АккраUkrainian
AccraUpper Sorbian
اکراUrdu
AkkraUzbek
AccraVenetian
AkkrVeps
AccraVietnamese
AccraVolapük
AccraVõro
AccraWali (Ghana)
AkraWali (Ghana)
AccraWaray (Philippines)
AccraWelsh
ԱքրաWestern Armenian
AccraWestern Frisian
AkkraWestern Frisian
АккраWestern Mari
اکراWestern Panjabi
عکرہWestern Panjabi
阿克拉Wu Chinese
I-AccraXhosa
אקראYiddish
AakráYoruba
AccraYoruba
阿克拉Yue Chinese
i-AccraZulu
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