Ashongman New Ashongman | |
|---|---|
  Ashongman | |
| Coordinates: 5°42′38″N0°13′59″W / 5.71056°N 0.23306°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Greater Accra Region |
| District | Ga East Municipal |
| Elevation | 335 ft (102 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Ashongman is a developing town in the Ga East Municipal district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. [1]
The town is under the jurisdiction of the Ga East Municipal District and is in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency of the Ghana parliament. [2]
The town has had numerous issues with the provision of fresh water. The town is divided into three subtowns which are the ashongman estate, Old ashongman and Manna. Almost 70% percent of the roads are bad. The people of Ashongman want the government to construct roads. [3]
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".
Bolgatanga, colloquially known as Bolga, is a town and the capital of the Bolgatanga Municipal and the Upper East Region of Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. Bolgatanga is 161 km (100 mi) to the north of Tamale. The town lies in the Red Volta Valley, with the White Volta and the cliffs of the Gambaga escarpment to the south of the town forming the southern boundary of the Upper East Region. As of 2012, the town has a population of about 66,685 people. Some ethnic groups who lived in large qualities in Bolgatanga are Northerners, Akan, Ewe, and Ga-Adangbe. The current mayor of the town is Rex Asanga.
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The Accra Metropolitan District is one of the 254 Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts in Ghana, and among the 26 such districts in the Greater Accra Region with a population of 284,124 as of 2021. As of March 2018, it spans an area of approximately 60 km2 (23 sq mi) and encompasses the Ablekuma South, Ashiedu Keteke, and Okaikoi South sub-metropolitan district councils.
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Pokuase, also spelled Pokoasi, is a suburb of Accra, the capital city of Ghana and spans the area from Pokuase, leading off the Accra-Kumasi motorway on the right coming from Accra central; and leading off the motorway at Pokuase Junction and rising to ‘Okai Kwei Hill’, on the left coming from town. It is a mixture of lively retail shopping areas, with local stores, bars or 'drinking spots', bus/taxi stations, and a market. It also has many hotels, guest houses and rental apartments- such as the eco-chic Legassi Gardens Apartments-, and 'high-end' developing residential estates, such as Ofankor Hills Estates and Franko Estates, amongst many others; as well as the long-established executive gated community of ACP Estates.; and HFS Estates which borders the erstwhile Gua Koo Sacred Grove in Pokuase.
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