Accra

Accra is the caipital an lairgest ceety in Ghana wi the population o the ceety proper estimatit at 1,963,264 as o 2009. Accra an aa doubles as the caipital o the Greater Accra Region an o the Accra Metropolitan Destrict wi which it is coterminous.^[1] Accra is an aa the anchor o a substantially lairger metropolitan aurie cried the Greater Accra Metropolitan Aurie an includes aicht destricts - Accra Metropolitan, Tema Metropolitan, Ga East Municipal, Ga Wast Municipal, Ga Sooth Municipal, Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal, Ashaiman Municipal an Adenta Municipal.^[2] It is hame tae aboot 4 million fowk, makin it the lairgest metropolitan conglomeration in the kintra bi population.^[3]

As a primate ceety, Accra is the admeenistrative, communications, an economic centre o the kintra.

Sister ceeties

Accra haes twa offeecial sister ceeties as recognized bi Sister Cities International^[4]

Ceety	Kintra	Date	Reference
Chicago, Illinois	Unitit States	1989	^[4]
Washington, D.C.	Unitit States	2006	^[5]

References

↑ "Accra Metropolitan". GhanaWeb. Archived frae the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 22 Julie 2010. Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Jacob Songsore (Fall 2008). "Environmental and Structural Inequalities in Greater Accra". The Journal of the International Institute. 16 (1). Retrieved 22 Julie 2010.
↑ "Ghana". Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 22 Julie 2010.
1 2 "SCI: Sister City Directory". Sister-cities.org. Archived frae the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
↑ "Sister City Agreement with Accra, Ghana". Jga.oca.dc.gov. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

Coordinates: 5°33′22″N 0°11′49″W / 5.55602°N 0.1969°W / 5.55602; -0.1969

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[1] "Accra Metropolitan". GhanaWeb. Archived frae the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 22 Julie 2010. Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Jacob Songsore (Fall 2008). "Environmental and Structural Inequalities in Greater Accra". The Journal of the International Institute. 16 (1). Retrieved 22 Julie 2010.

[Metro_Population-3] "Ghana". Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 22 Julie 2010.

[sister-cities1-4] 1 2 "SCI: Sister City Directory". Sister-cities.org. Archived frae the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

[5] "Sister City Agreement with Accra, Ghana". Jga.oca.dc.gov. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

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