Ghanaian Coastal Plain
Volta Region
Ketu South Municipal District

Aflao

Aflao is a coastal town in bordering . While east of the Togolese side of the border the city is the capital, Lome, the once-called "Pearl of West Africa", the Ghanaian town is a typical African border town built solely to service the movement of people and goods.
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  • Type: Town with 66,500 residents
  • Description: town in Volta Region of Ghana
  • Also known as: “Aflahu”, “Afloa”, “Dano”, and “Porura”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lomé.

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is the capital and largest city of . With a population of almost 2.2 million, the city is the economic and cultural center of the country. Around a quarter of the country's population lives here.

Aflao

Latitude
6.116° or 6° 6′ 58″ north
Longitude
1.1914° or 1° 11′ 29″ east
Population
66,500
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
6FR3458R+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2918086961
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2305677
Wiki­data ID
Q383333
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yoruba—“Aflao” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Aflao”
  • Bulgarian: “Афлао”
  • Cebuano: “Aflao”
  • Chinese: “阿夫勞”
  • Dutch: “Aflahu”
  • Dutch: “Aflao”
  • Esperanto: “Aflao”
  • Ewe: “Aflao”
  • Ewe: “Aƒlao”
  • French: “Aflao”
  • German: “Aflao”
  • Italian: “Aflao”
  • Japanese: “アフラオ”
  • Moksha: “Афлаа”
  • Moksha: “Афлао”
  • Polish: “Aflao”
  • Romanian: “Aflao”
  • Russian: “Афлао”
  • Spanish: “Aflao”
  • Swahili: “Aflao”
  • Swedish: “Aflao”
  • Turkish: “Aflao”
  • Ukrainian: “Афлао”
  • Urdu: “افلاو”
  • Yoruba: “Aflahu”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Aflao”. Photo: Enock4seth, CC BY-SA 4.0.