Achimota School

Achimota School, formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at in , , .
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  • Email: info@achimota.edu.gh
  • Type: School
  • Description: co-educational high school in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Achimota College”, “Motown”, and “Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota”
  • Address: Achimota, Accra, Okaikoi North Municipal

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Achimota Forest and Achimota Retail Centre.

Protected area
Photo: Kwaku Berko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reserve is a forest in in the Okaikwei North Municipality in the . It is located approximately 7.6 km from Accra.

Shopping center
The is a shopping centre located at Dome near the St. John's Grammar School, along the — Highway in the of . is situated 3½ km west of Achimota School.

School
is a private school in , , . It is a non-profit, college-preparatory, international school. There is an expatriate population associated with the various embassies, Foreign Service agencies, NGO's, United Nations organisations, and international businesses. is situated 2 km south of Achimota School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christian Village and Dzorwulu.

Neighborhood
is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the of .

Suburb
is a town in the of . It is the capital of the Ayawaso West Municipal District. and neighbouring North are separated by the N1 highway.

Suburb
Photo: Adoscam, CC0.
Abelenkpe is an urban area in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the of . Abelenkpe is located in the northern part of the Accra Metropolitan District in the Greater Accra Region.

Achimota School

Latitude
5.62765° or 5° 37′ 40″ north
Longitude
-0.21297° or 0° 12′ 47″ west
Inception
1927
Operator
Ghana Education Service
Open location code
6CQXJQHP+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 452670362
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Wiki­data ID
Q4673779
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Urdu—“Achimota School” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Akyimɔta Sukuu”
  • Arabic: “مدرسة أخيموتا”
  • Armenian: “Աչիմոտա դպրոց”
  • Belarusian: “Школа Ачымота”
  • Catalan: “Achimota School”
  • Chinese: “阿奇摩塔学校”
  • Chinese: “阿奇摩塔學校”
  • Chinese: “阿奇莫塔学校”
  • Chinese: “阿奇莫塔学院”
  • Chinese: “阿奇莫塔學校”
  • Cornish: “Skol Achimota”
  • Czech: “Achimota School”
  • Dagbani: “Achimota School”
  • Dagbani: “Motown”
  • Danish: “Achimota School”
  • Dutch: “Achimota School”
  • Esperanto: “Lernejo Aĉimota”
  • Fanti: “Achimota College”
  • Fanti: “Achimota School”
  • Fanti: “Motown”
  • Fanti: “Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota”
  • French: “Achimota school”
  • French: “Achimota School”
  • French: “Motown”
  • Galician: “Achimota School”
  • German: “Achimota School”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Achimota College”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Achimota School”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Motown”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Prince of Wales College den School for Achimota”
  • Greek: “Σχολείο Αχιμότα”
  • Hausa: “Achimota College”
  • Hausa: “Achimota School”
  • Hausa: “Motown”
  • Hausa: “Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota”
  • Hebrew: “בית ספר אצ’ימוטה”
  • Japanese: “アキモタ・スクール”
  • Japanese: “アキモタ学校”
  • Korean: “아치모타 학교”
  • Kurdish: “Dibistana Achimota”
  • Luxembourgish: “Achimota School”
  • Marathi: “अचिमोटा स्कूल”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߗߌߡߏߕߊ߫ ߛߑߞߎߟ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Achimota School”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Achimota School”
  • Portuguese: “Achimota School”
  • Russian: “Школа Ачимота”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Achimota School”
  • Swedish: “Achimota School”
  • Twi: “Achimota College”
  • Twi: “Akyimɔta Ntoasoɔ Sukuu”
  • Twi: “Motown”
  • Twi: “Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota”
  • Ukrainian: “школа Ачімота”
  • Urdu: “اچیموٹا اسکول”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aggrey Chapel and Achimota School Post Office.

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