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Accra /əˈkrɑː/ is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an estimated urban population of 2.27 million as of 2012[update][1].[1] It is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous.[2] Accra is furthermore the anchor of a larger metropolitan area, the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA),[3] which is inhabited by about 4 million people, making it the second largest metropolitan conglomeration in Ghana by population, and the eleventh-largest metropolitan area in Africa.
Accra stretches along the Ghanaian Atlantic coast and extends north into Ghana's interior. Originally built around a port, it served as the capital of the British Gold Coast between 1877 and 1957. Once merely a 19th-century suburb of Victoriaborg, Accra has since transitioned into a modern metropolis; the city's architecture reflects this history, ranging from 19th-century architecture buildings to modern skyscrapers and apartment blocks.
Mayor of Accra[sesa | edit source]
- oko vanderpuyee
References[sesa | edit source]
- ↑ "Ghana". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ "Accra Metropolitan". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ↑ "Environmental and Structural Inequalities in Greater Accra". The Journal of the International Institute. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
