Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana,located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea,which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census,the Accra Metropolitan District,20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi),had a population of 284,124 inhabitants,and the larger Greater Accra Region,3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi),had a population of 5,455,692 inhabitants. In common usage,the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008,when it covered 199.4 km2 (77.0 sq mi). This territory has since been split into 13 local government districts:12 independent municipal districts and the reduced Accra Metropolitan District (20.4 km2),which is the only district within the capital to be granted city status. This territory of 199.4 km2 contained 1,782,150 inhabitants at the 2021 census,and serves as the capital of Ghana,while the district under the jurisdiction of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly proper (20.4 km2) is distinguished from the rest of the capital as the "City of Accra".
Ablekuma North is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Ablekuma North is located in the Accra Metropolis in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Dansoman is a suburban town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana,near the Accra and Takoradi districts of the Accra Metropolitan Area. It is known as one of the largest estates in West Africa.
Fritz Baffour is a Ghanaian journalist,politician and communications consultant. He was the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South constituency in the Parliament of Ghana and the Minister for Information during the Mills Administration.
Peter Kwamena Essilfie Bartels is a Ghanaian politician and former government minister of the New Patriotic Party.
The 2015 Accra floods resulted from heavy continuous rainfall in Accra,the largest city in Ghana. The rain started on 1 June 2015. Other causes of this flood is as a result of the improper planning of settlement in Accra,choked gutters which block the drainage system and a few other human factors. The floods have resulted in heavy traffic on the roads in the city and also a halt in commercial activities as markets were flooded and workers trapped. Mayor of Accra Metropolitan Assembly,Alfred Oko Vanderpuije described the flooding as critical. At least 25 people have died from the flooding directly,while a petrol station explosion caused by the flooding killed at least 200 more people.
Theresa Amerley Tagoe also known as Iron Lady was a Ghanaian female politician and a leading member of the New Patriotic Party and a former Member of Parliament of the Ablekuma South Constituency.
Ablekuma West is one of the 275 constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Ablekuma West is located in the Accra Metropolis in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The member elected at the 2012 general election was Ursula Owusu of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Anyaa-Sowutuom is a constituency represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Anyaa-Sowutuom is located in the Ga Central Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region.
Ras Mubarak is a farmer,freelance media publicist,and politician. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the chief executive officer of the National Youth Authority (Ghana) from 2013 to 2016.
Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson is a Ghanaian politician and former mayor of the city of Accra. His mayoral term ended in January 2009 when he was replaced by Alfred Oko Vanderpuije. Since February 2017 he has been a member of Ghana's Council of State.
Bernard Okoe-Boye is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He was once the board chairman of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital,the nation's largest medical facility. He is currently serving as the boss of the National Health Insurance Agency (NHIA) mandated to run the affairs of Ghana’s premium health insurance scheme,the National Health Insurance Scheme (Ghana).
Vanderpuije,also Vanderpuye,originally van der Puije is a toponymic surname of Dutch origins and typically associated with an Accra-based Ghanaian family of Euro-African and Ga heritage. The progenitor of the family was Jacobus van der Puije,an administrator of the Dutch West India Company and President of the council of the Dutch Gold Coast in 1780. His notable descendants with the surname include:
Theophilus Tetteh Chaie is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Ablekuma Central Constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Justice Joe Appiah is a Ghanaian politician. He was the member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ablekuma North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.
Victor Okuley Nortey is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ablekuma Central parliamentary constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He is a member of New Patriotic Party.
Adam Baako Nortey Yeboah is a Ghanaian politician and also a manager. He was a member of the 1st parliament of the 4th republic for the Ablekuma North constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
George Charles Quaynor-Mettle is a Ghanaian politician and a Tutor. He served as a member of the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana in the Ablekuma South constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
