Wp/kus/Accra
Part of | Ghanaian Coastal Plain |
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Native label | Nkran |
Demonym | Accran, Accréen, Accréenne |
Official language | English |
Country | Ghana |
Capital of | Ghana, Greater Accra Region, Gold Coast Colony |
Located in the administrative territorial entity | Greater Accra Region |
Located in time zone | UTC±00:00, Greenwich Mean Time |
Located in or next to body of water | Gulf of Guinea |
Coordinate location | 5°32′0″N 0°13′0″W |
Office held by head of government | Mayor of Accra |
Head of government | Mohammed Adjei Sowah |
Replaces | Cape Coast |
Official website | https://ama.gov.gh |
Time of earliest written record | 15. century |
Local dialing code | 0302, 0302 |
Category for the view of the item | Category:Views of Accra |
Category for maps | Category:Maps of Accra |
Accra (/əˈkrɑː/; Ga: Ga or Gaga; Twi: Nkran; Dagbani: Ankara) anɛ teŋpʋtita'ar nɛ teŋpʋʋg kani gat teŋpʋʋd wʋsa Ghana nwa ni, di bɛnɛ ya-dagɔbʋgi kpi'e Gulf of Guinea la, dinɛ pɛ'ɛs Atlantic Ocean ni. Yʋʋm 2021 nidib kanlʋg la nii, Accra Metropolitan District, 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi), mɔri nidib kanl wʋʋ 284,124, ka tita'ar Greater Accra Region, 3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi), mɔr nidib kanl wʋʋ 5,455,692. Yʋ'ʋr la na'ana buolʋg, "Accra" anɛ zi'isia bɛ Accra Metropolitan District pʋʋgʋn ka di da bɛ ka yʋʋm 2008 , dinɛ ka di pɛ'ɛs 199.4 km2 (77.0 sq mi). Zi'ikaŋa da pʋdʋgnɛ paam zi'is 13; 12 municipal sʋ'ʋlʋm banɛ sʋe ba mɛŋ (teŋ la bɛn: 179.0 km2) nɛ Accra Metropolitan District kani ka ba bʋ'oe (20.4 km2), dinɛ an sʋ'ʋlʋm kani bɛ teŋpʋʋg dinɛ ka ba tisi ba teŋpʋvɛnlim. Teŋkani mɔr 199.4 km2 la mɔr nidib 1,782,150 nidib kanl kani da bɛ 2021 nidib kanl la ni, ka Ghana wʋsa teŋpʋtita'ar, ka sʋ'ʋlʋm bani bɛ Accra Metropolitan Assembly pʋʋgʋn la (20.4 km2) bɛ di gɔn' nɛ teŋpʋʋs bama la ni an "City of Accra".
Di da pin'ilɛ yit sʋ'ʋlʋmnam kɔn'ɔb-kɔn'ɔb bɛ British Fort James, Dutch Fort Crêvecoeur (Ussher Fort), nɛ Danish Fort Christiansborg saŋa bɛ Jamestown, Usshertown, nɛ Christiansborg ni, Accra da an teŋpʋtita'ar bɛ British Gold Coast saŋa yit yʋʋm 1877 nɛ 1957 ni ka di yʋ'ʋn da nɔbignɛ an nanna metropolis. Teŋpʋʋg la architecture bigisi di pin'ilʋg, pin'il 19th-century colonial architecture tis nanna skyscrapers nɛ dɔgbɛɛda.
Accra an Greater Accra Region's economic nɛ administrative hub, ka lɛm an anchor tis tita'ar Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), dinɛ mɔr nidib wʋʋ miliyon 4, kɛt ka di an metropolitan kani pɛ'ɛs piinɛ atan' bɛ Africa ni. 2020 nii, Globalization nɛ World Cities Research Network gaŋ Accra ka di an "Gamma −" teŋpʋʋg kani ka dunia nidib ken, bigisid ye nidib lʋga anaasi kpɛ'ɛdi anina.
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