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Tourist Spot Attractions In Greater Accra

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The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 10 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres, which is less than all the other administrative regions. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, after the Ashanti Region, which has more people in it, with a population of 4,010,054 in 2010, accounting for 16.3 per cent of Ghana’s total population.The Greater Accra region is the most urbanized region in the country with 87.4% of its total population living in urban centres.
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  • 2. W.E.B. Dubois Center Accra
    W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture is a memorial place, a research facility and tourist attraction in the Cantonments area of Accra, Ghana, that was opened to the public in 1985. It is named in dedication to the African-American Pan-Africanist W. E. B. Du Bois, who became a citizen of Ghana, spending the latter part of his life there at the invitation of President Kwame Nkrumah while compiling the Encyclopedia Africana.
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  • 3. Black Star Gate Accra
    Black Star Square, also known as Independence Square, is a public square in Accra, Ghana, bordered by the Accra Sports Stadium and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.
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  • 5. Independence Arch Accra
    The Independence Arch in Accra, Ghana, is part of the Independence Square which contains monuments to Ghana's independence struggle, including the Independence Arch, Black Star Gate, and the Liberation Day Monument.The Independence Square is the second largest City Square in the world after the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. As of 2011, the Independence Arch is guarded by several soldiers who prohibit people of taking close up pictures of the Arch and asking visitors for official permission, but you are free to take pictures of the area.
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  • 6. Osu Oxford Street Accra
    Located about 3 kilometres east of the central business district, Osu is a neighborhood in central Accra, Ghana, known for its busy commercial, restaurant and nightlife activity. It is locally known as the West End of Accra. Bounded to the south by the Gulf of Guinea, Osu's western boundary is the Independence Avenue. Ring Road separates Osu from the northern district of Labone. Owing to its establishment as a settlement around the Danish fort of Christiansborg in the 17th century, Osu offers a mix of houses dating from the early 20th century to modern office towers. Ringway Estates, a gated residential community between Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue and Cantonments Road is located in the western section of Osu. The main thoroughfare, Cantonments Road features large supermarkets and appliance ...
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  • 7. Independence Square Accra
    The Independence Arch in Accra, Ghana, is part of the Independence Square which contains monuments to Ghana's independence struggle, including the Independence Arch, Black Star Gate, and the Liberation Day Monument.The Independence Square is the second largest City Square in the world after the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. As of 2011, the Independence Arch is guarded by several soldiers who prohibit people of taking close up pictures of the Arch and asking visitors for official permission, but you are free to take pictures of the area.
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  • 8. Academy for African Music and Arts Accra
    This is a list of NOTABLE ALUMNI OF ACCRA ACADEMY. This list is NOT A DIRECTORY of all alumni of Accra Academy. You may help to expand this list with additional names if;1) The person meets Wikipedia's notability requirement. 2) You include reliable sources as a footnote or inline citation that verify that the person is an alumnus of Accra Academy.An alumnus of the Accra Academy is referred to as an Accra Aca Old Boy. Article 4 of the constitution of the Accra Academy Old Boys' Association sets the parameters for joining the association as follows: 1. Membership of the association shall in general be open to all past students of the Accra Academy since its foundation on 20th July, 1931.2. A past student of the Accra Academy qualifies for admission into the membership of the association if ...
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  • 10. Osu Accra
    Located about 3 kilometres east of the central business district, Osu is a neighborhood in central Accra, Ghana, known for its busy commercial, restaurant and nightlife activity. It is locally known as the West End of Accra. Bounded to the south by the Gulf of Guinea, Osu's western boundary is the Independence Avenue. Ring Road separates Osu from the northern district of Labone. Owing to its establishment as a settlement around the Danish fort of Christiansborg in the 17th century, Osu offers a mix of houses dating from the early 20th century to modern office towers. Ringway Estates, a gated residential community between Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue and Cantonments Road is located in the western section of Osu. The main thoroughfare, Cantonments Road features large supermarkets and appliance ...
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  • 11. Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop Teshie
    The Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop is a studio established in Teshie, Ghana, since the 1950s. It is known for its design coffins that became symbolic of African artistic creativity.
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  • 12. Akosombo Hydro Plant Akosombo
    The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority. The construction of the dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin, and led to the subsequent creation of Lake Volta. Lake Volta is the largest man-made lake in the world by surface area. It covers 8,502 square kilometres , which is 3.6% of Ghana's land area. With a volume of 148 cubic kilometers Lake Volta is the world's third largest man-made lake by volume, the largest being Lake Kariba which is located between Zimbabwe and Zambia in Southern Africa and contains 185 cubic kilometers of water.The primary purpose of the Akosombo Dam was to provide electricity for the aluminium industry. The Akosombo Dam was called the la...
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  • 13. Fort William Anomabo
    Fort William is a fort in Anomabu, Central Region, Ghana, originally known as Anomabo Fort and renamed Fort William in the nineteenth century by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building in the days of King William IV. It was built in 1753 by the British after they thwarted a French attempt to establish a fort at the same place. Two earlier forts had been established at the same site, one in 1640 by the Dutch, another in 1674 by the English. Fort Charles was abandoned in the late-seventeenth century.
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