ANOMABO SQUARE

ANOMABO SQUARE is a building in Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region. ANOMABO SQUARE is situated near the village Anomabu, as well as near the police station Ghana Police Service.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Fort William and Fort Amsterdam.

Fort William

Castle

Photo: Owula kpakpo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort William is a fort in Anomabu, Central Region, Ghana, originally known as Fort Anomabo and renamed Fort William in the 1830s by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building, and renamed the fort after King William IV. Fort William is situated 1 km southeast of ANOMABO SQUARE.

Fort Amsterdam

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Amsterdam is a former slave fort in Abandze, Central region, Ghana. It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664. Fort Amsterdam is situated 3½ km east of ANOMABO SQUARE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anomabu and Abandze.

Anomabu

Village

Photo: Flickr account, OGL.

Anomabu, also spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe, is a town on the coast of the Mfantsiman Municipal District of the Central Region of South Ghana.

Abandze

Village

Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0.

Abandze is a small town near the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, lying north-east of Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana. In 2010, the town had a population of 3,632. Abandze is situated 3½ km northeast of ANOMABO SQUARE.

Saltpond

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saltpond is a town in, and the capital of, the Mfantsiman Municipal District in the Central Region of Ghana. As of 2013, Saltpond has a population of 24,689 people. Saltpond is situated 8 km east of ANOMABO SQUARE.

ANOMABO SQUARE

Type: Building
Location: Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude

5.18278° or 5° 10′ 58″ north

Longitude

-1.12276° or 1° 7′ 22″ west

Open location code

6CQW5VMG+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1336877758

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ghana Police Service and Christ Apostolic Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: ANOMABO and ANOMABO.

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