Fort Augustaborg
Fort Augustaborg was a Danish fort on the eastern Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, which was located about 15 km east of Fort Christiansborg near present-day Teshie.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lekma Hospital and Nungua Senior High School.
Lekma Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Jwale2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly Hospital is a hospital located at Teshie in Accra. It is a government hospital. Lekma Hospital is situated 3½ km northwest of Fort Augustaborg.
Nungua Senior High School
School
The Nungua Senior High School is a second cycle institution found in the township of Nungua. The school was setup to educate young graduates who have finished Junior High School. The school was built by the government of Ghana. Nungua Senior High School is situated 4 km northeast of Fort Augustaborg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teshie and Nungua.
Teshie
Town
Photo: Ekpene, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Teshie is a coastal town in the Ledzokuku Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana. Teshie is the ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 171,875 people.
Nungua
Town
Photo: Samson Craig McArthur Sik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nungua is a town in Krowor Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana near the coast. Nungua is the eighteenth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 84,119 people. Nungua is situated 4½ km northeast of Fort Augustaborg.
Spintex Road
Neighborhood
Spintex Road is a major road and commercial corridor in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The road stretches from the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange in the west to the Tema Motorway Roundabout in the east, running parallel to the Tema Motorway. Spintex Road is situated 6 km north of Fort Augustaborg.
Fort Augustaborg
- Type: Fort
- Description: former Danish fort in Ghana
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.57681° or 5° 34′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.10143° or 0° 6′ 5″ westInception
1787Open location code
6CQXHVGX+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 13742059197OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q1438441
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Fort Augustaborg” goes by many names.
- German: “Fort Augustaborg”
- German: “Fort Teshie”
- Hausa: “Fort Augustaborg”
- Hausa: “Ganuwar Augustaborg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Augustaborg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Augustaborg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Augustaborg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fort Augustaborg”
- Norwegian: “Augustaborg”
- Turkish: “Augustaborg Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bus Station and Teshie Nungua Post Office.
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