Volta Aluminum Company, known as Valco, is an aluminium company based in Ghana founded by Kaiser Aluminum and now wholly owned by the government of Ghana. Valco is a joint venture with Alcoa, the major aluminum conglomerate based in the United State…
The Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop is a studio established in Teshie, Ghana, since the 1950s.
Winneba, is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana.
The Obuasi Gold Mine is an open-pit and underground gold mine situated near Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The operation is owned by AngloGold Ashanti .
Mount Afadja is the highest mountain in Ghana, at an elevation of 885 metres (2,904 ft). The mountain is located in the Agumatsa Range near the villages of Liati Wote and Gbledi, in the Volta Region of Ghana at the border with Togo. Djato is the nam…
The Accra Sports Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana on May 9, 2001. It took the lives of 127 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa.
The Accra Metropolis District is one of the ten (10) districts in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
The following page lists power stations in Ghana.
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital is the premier health care facility in Ghana. It is the only tertiary hospital in the southern part of Ghana. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the medical school of the University of Ghana.
Kumasi Airport (IATA: KMS, ICAO: DGSI) is an airport serving Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region in Ghana.
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.
Yendi is a town and the capital of Yendi Municipal district, district in the Northern Region of north Ghana.
The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.
Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana. Axim lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in Western Region to the west of Cape Three Points. Axim has a 20…
Aburi is a town in the Akuapim South Municipal District of the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Aburi is famous for the Aburi Botanical Gardens.
Techiman is a town and is the capital of Techiman Municipal of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Techiman is a leading market town in South Ghana. Techiman is together with Sunyani, one of the two major cities and settlements of Brong Ahafo region.
Opoku Ware Senior High School, often referred to as OWASS, is a senior high school for boys in the Ashanti region of Ghana. It was established in 1952, as one of the five Catholic schools in Ghana that year. The school was named after Asante King Op…
Navrongo is a town and the capital of Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. Navrongo is the capital of Kassena-Nankana District – which is within the Upper East Region of north Ghana.
Hohoe is a town and the capital of the mountainous Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region of Ghana, with its beautiful climate and many tourist attractions like the Wli Waterfalls. Hohoe is the thirty-fifth most populous settlement in Ghana, in term…
Buduburam is a refugee camp located 44 kilometers (27 mi) west of Accra, Ghana. Opened by the UNHCR in 1990, the camp is home to more than 12,000 refugees from Liberia who fled their country during the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996) and the Se…
Baba Yara Sports Stadium (also Kumasi Sports Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kumasi, Ashanti.
Ada Foah or Ada is a coastal town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Just off the Accra-Aflao motorway, this town is located along the Volta River.
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the northwestern corner of north Ghana, precisely located in the Kingdom of Dagbon, and is bordered by Upper East region to the east, Northern region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north.
Teshie is a coastal town in the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of south eastern Ghana.
The Pra River is a river in Ghana, the easternmost and the largest of the three principal rivers that drain the area south of the Volta divide. Rising in the Kwahu Plateau near Mpraeso and flowing southward for 240 km through rich cocoa and farming …
Kasoa (Gomoa Nyanyano), formerly known as Odupongkpehe, is a peri-urban town in the Awutu Senya East Municipal District of the Central region of Ghana.
Emmanuel Odarkwei Obetsebi-Lamptey (1902 – 1963) was a politician in the British colony of the Gold Coast. He was one of the founders and leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) known as "The Big Six". He is the father of NPP politician J…
Cape Three Points is a small peninsula in the Western Region of Ghana on the Atlantic Ocean.
Tamale Airport (IATA: TML, ICAO: DGLE) is an airport serving Tamale, a town in the Northern Region of Ghana. The Tamale Airport was founded as a main advanced operational base for troops during the World War 2. The landing strip was acquired at Nyoh…
Takoradi Airport (IATA: TKD, ICAO: DGTK) is an airport in Sekondi-Takoradi, a city and capital of Western Region southern Ghana.
The Methodist University College Ghana is a private university in Ghana. It is located at Accra in the Greater Accra Region.
Madina is a suburb of Accra and the in the La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly, a district in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana. Madina is next to the University of Ghana and houses the Institute of Local Government. Madina is the …
Akosombo is a small town in the south of Ghana, Eastern Region in the Asuogyaman District, a district in the east of Eastern Region of Ghana.
The Red Volta is a river that flows through the Upper East region of North Ghana and the international border of North Ghana flowing about 320 km to join the White Volta in the Upper East region of North Ghana and arising in Burkina Faso.
Agona Swedru is a town and the capital of Agona West Municipal District, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana. Agona Swedru has a 2013 settlement population of 68,216 people.
Achimota is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.