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Accra (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 05 33 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 5.5500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 15 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Capital city of Ghana & of Greater Accra region, originally made up of villages of the Ga tribe; site of 3 trading fortresses during the 1600s; passed to British by 1871; capital of British Gold Coast colony from 1876, of Ghana from 1957. |
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| Accra (preferred,C,V)
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| Akkra (C,V)
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| Christianborg (H,V)
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| Osu (H,V)
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| Christiansborg Castle (H,O)
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............ | name of 17th-cen. Danish fortified trading post |
| Fort Crevecoeur (H,O)
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............ | Dutch fortified trading post, 17th cen. |
| Fort James (H,O)
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............ | British fortified trading post, 17th cen. |
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Accra (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Portuguese in 1482 |
| administrative center (C) |
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| city (C) |
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laid out, 1930s |
| national capital (C) |
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established 1957 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of British Gold Coast Colony, 1876 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Ghana .......... (nation) |
| .................. |
(World, Africa) [1000166] |
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