Achimota

Achimota
town
Administration block of Achimota School
Administration block of Achimota School
Achimota is located in Ghana
Achimota
Achimota
Coordinates: 5°37′00″N 00°14′00″W / 5.61667°N 0.23333°W / 5.61667; -0.23333
Country Ghana
RegionGreater Accra Region
DistrictAccra Metropolitan
Elevation
85 ft (26 m)
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Achimota (/ɑːimtɑː/ ah-ch-ee-m-oh-t-ah), is a town in the Accra Metropolitan District, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[1] Achimota means "speak no name" in the Ga language.[2] In pre-colonial Ghana, its forbidden forest was a "silent" refuge for runaway slaves.[2]

  1. ^ Accra Metropolitan District
  2. ^ a b meqasa (29 November 2016). "Living In Achimota Accra". meqasa blog. Retrieved 25 January 2020.