Icon
Icon is a residential area in Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region. Icon is situated nearby to the government office Embassy of Colombia, as well as near Embassy of Peru.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include El Wak Stadium and The Bank Hospital.
El Wak Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Macabe5387, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The El Wak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Cantonments, a suburb of Accra. It is owned by the Ghana Armed Forces and has a seating capacity of 7,000. El Wak Stadium is situated 710 metres north of Icon.
The Bank Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Jwale2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bank Hospital also known as The Bank of Ghana Hospital is a hospital in Ghana completed in 2017. The hospital is located at Cantonment in Accra. As of November 2019, the hospital had been left empty for 2 years after completion, in a deteriorating state, after the New Patriotic Party assumed office in 2017 and claimed to be making an audit on the facilities to ensure value for money. The Bank Hospital is situated 1¼ km northeast of Icon.
Jubilee House
Government office
Jubilee House is the presidential palace in Accra that serves as a residence and office to the President of Ghana. Jubilee House is built on the site of a building that was constructed and used for administrative purposes by the British Gold Coast Government. Jubilee House is situated 2 km west of Icon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cantonments and Osu.
Cantonments
Suburb
Cantonments is an affluent suburb of the Ghanaian city Accra, in the La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Osu
Suburb
Photo: Warmglow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Osu is a neighbourhood in central Accra, Ghana, West Africa. It is located about 3 kilometres east of the central business district, and is locally known as the "West End" of Accra.
Burma Camp
Suburb
Burma Camp is the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence. The camp is in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp might not re-emerge. Burma Camp is situated 2½ km northeast of Icon.
Icon
Latitude
5.58004° or 5° 34′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.17212° or 0° 10′ 20″ westOpen location code
6CQXHRJH+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 448183555OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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