AVOMABO
AVOMABO is a building in Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region. AVOMABO is situated nearby to the village Anomabu, as well as near Christ Apostolic Church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 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 1¼ km south of AVOMABO.
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 AVOMABO.
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 east of AVOMABO.
Saltpond
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saltpond is a town 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 7 km east of AVOMABO.
AVOMABO
- Type: Building
- Location: Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.18443° or 5° 11′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.12206° or 1° 7′ 19″ westOpen location code
6CQW5VMH+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1336877761OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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