Ghanaian Coastal Plain
Western Region
Ahanta West Municipal District

Akwidaa

Akwidaa is a small town and fishing village in Ahanta West district, of . It is one of the southernmost places in Ghana. The part of town near the Gulf of Guinea, known as Akiwidaa Old Town, suffers from flooding and erosion as a result of climate change.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Akodaa”, “Akwada”, “Akwida”, “Esile”, and “Ezile”

Akwidaa

Latitude
4.7602° or 4° 45′ 37″ north
Longitude
-2.0345° or 2° 2′ 4″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
6CPVQX68+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5561687661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2304916
Wiki­data ID
Q2829183
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Western Panjabi—“Akwidaa” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Akwidaa”
  • Akan: “Ezile”
  • Bavarian: “Akwidaa”
  • Chinese: “阿奎達”
  • Dutch: “Akwidaa”
  • Fanti: “Akwidaa”
  • French: “Akwidaa”
  • German: “Akwidaa”
  • German: “Dorotheenschanze”
  • German: “Fort Dorothea”
  • Hausa: “Akwidaa”
  • Irish: “Akwidaa”
  • Japanese: “アクィーダ”
  • Persian: “اکویدا”
  • Russian: “Аквида”
  • Turkish: “Akwidaa”
  • Urdu: “آکویدا”
  • Western Panjabi: “آکویدا”

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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 Wikipedia page “Akwidaa”. Photo: aripeskoe2, CC BY 2.0.