Elmina Highway Rest Stop

Elmina Highway Rest Stop is a rest area in Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District, Central Region. Elmina Highway Rest Stop is situated nearby to Elmina Fire Station, as well as near the government office Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipal Assembly.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elmina Castle and Elmina Java Museum.

Elmina Castle

Photo: Bolance, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Elmina Castle, or Fort St. George, was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina, in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast. Elmina Castle is situated 2 km southwest of Elmina Highway Rest Stop.

Elmina Java Museum

Museum

Photo: Fentener van Vlissingen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Elmina Java Museum is a museum in Elmina, Ghana, dedicated to the history of the so-called Belanda Hitam; soldiers recruited in the 19th century in the Dutch Gold Coast to serve in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. Elmina Java Museum is situated 1¼ km west of Elmina Highway Rest Stop.

Bethel Methodist Church

Church

Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0.

Bethel Methodist Church is situated 2 km southwest of Elmina Highway Rest Stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elmina.

Elmina

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Elmina is a city in Coastal Plain region of Ghana. Its name comes from the Portuguese word for "Mine". The gold found in these mines are also the origin of the name "Gold Coast", which was the name of what is now Ghana, when it was a British Colony.

Elmina Highway Rest Stop

Type: Rest area
Category: transportation
Location: Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude

5.09639° or 5° 5′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.33669° or 1° 20′ 12″ west

Open location code

6CQW3MW7+H8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6854022599

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=rest_area

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Highlights include Elmina Fire Station and Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipal Assembly.

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