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Accra
5.55° N, 0.22° W
- Population
- 2,121,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 14
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 14 cities of Ghana in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Ghana, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 61 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 173 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Accra Metropolitan District · Greater Accra Region
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Africa/Accra
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Practical bearings for Accra, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Accra have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name derives from the Akan word "nkran," meaning "ant," and may refer to a nickname local forest dwellers gave to Nigerian tribes who settled in the area.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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