Ashtown
Ashtown is a bus stop in Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region. Ashtown is situated nearby to Seventh Day Adventist Church, as well as near the hospital Armah Memorial.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kaneshie market and Melcom.
Kaneshie market
Marketplace
Photo: NanaYawBotar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kaneshi Markets Limited is a trading Centre in Kaneshie, Accra, Ghana. It was built in the 1970s. The name "Kaneshie" means "under the lamp" referring to its beginnings as a night market. Kaneshie market is situated 1½ km northeast of Ashtown.
Melcom
Supermarket
Melcom is a supermarket chain consisting of 65 shops spread all over Ghana. It was started in 1989 by Indian magnate Bhagwan Khubchandani. His late father, Ramchand Khubchandani, had arrived in the then Gold Coast in 1929 as a 14-year-old to work as a store boy. Melcom is situated 1¼ km west of Ashtown.
Accra Academy
School
Photo: Osy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Accra Academy is a boys' high school located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. It admits both boarding and day students. Founded as a private school in 1931, it gained the status of a Government-Assisted School in 1950. Accra Academy is situated 1½ km northeast of Ashtown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mataheko and Lartebiokorshie.
Mataheko
Suburb
Mataheko is a town in the Ablekuma Central Municipal district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Lartebiokorshie
Suburb
Lartebiokoshie is a town in the Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Kaneshie
Suburb
Kaneshie is a suburb in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The name was derived from a word in the Ga-Adangbe, that is "Kane Shie Shie", meaning "under the lamp" referring to its beginnings as a night market.
Ashtown
- Type: Bus stop
- Also known as: “Makor”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.55935° or 5° 33′ 34″ northLongitude
-0.24905° or 0° 14′ 57″ westOpen location code
6CQXHQ52+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5027285560OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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