2006-10-07 11:34:44 · 12 answers · asked by david 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Other - Africa & Middle East
Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. It is Ghana's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. The primary economic activities are financial and other services, agriculture, fishing, and manufacturing such as processed food, lumber and plywood, textiles, clothing, and chemicals. Accra is located at 5°30' North, 0°10' West (5.5, -0.1667).
Accra was founded by the Ga people in the 1500s. The word Accra is derived from the word Nkran meaning ants; reference to the numerous anthills seen in the countryside around Accra. During part of its history, Accra served as a centre for trade with the Portuguese, who built a fort in the town, followed by the Swedish, Dutch, French, British and Danish by the end of the seventeenth century.
The site of present-day Accra developed into a sizable town around the original Ga town as well as British, Danish and Dutch forts and their surrounding communities: Jamestown near the British fort, Osu near the Danish Christianborg fort (now Osu Castle) and Ussherstown near the Dutch Ussher fort. The four areas form the core of the modern city.
In 1877, at the end of the second Anglo-Asante War, Accra replaced Cape Coast as the capital of the British Gold Coast colony. After the completion of a railroad to the mining and agricultural interior, Accra became the economic center of Ghana. Large areas were destroyed by earthquakes in 1862 and 1939, but the city grew around a seaport (now relocated to Tema), and later a brewery, expanding into neighbouring towns.
The Accra Riots in 1948 launched the Ghanaian campaign for independence, which led to the Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom and nationhood in 1957.
Today, Accra is one of the wealthiest and most modern cities in the African continent, with a high quality of living (for African standards). Accra is also known as having one of the continent's most active night lifes.
2006-10-10 00:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Accra is the capital of Ghana.it is in the south of the country,in the Greater Accra Region
2006-10-09 14:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by ama a 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-07 18:48:31 · answer #3 · answered by TW 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-09 12:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by jsghatahora 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Accra is the Capital and largest city
2006-10-07 18:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-08 10:20:32 · answer #6 · answered by rachie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-08 03:02:36 · answer #7 · answered by stemo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-07 18:42:19 · answer #8 · answered by hakuna matata 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-09 19:02:39 · answer #9 · answered by afrodyzyak 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easy peasy.............................. Accra
2006-10-07 23:56:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋