Abokobi

Abokobi
District Capital
Abokobi is located in Ghana
Abokobi
Abokobi
Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 5°44′N 0°12′W / 5.733°N 0.200°W / 5.733; -0.200
Country Ghana
RegionGreater Accra Region
DistrictGa East District
Elevation
230 ft (70 m)
German Missionary Station, 1870s

Abokobi is a small town and is the capital of Ga East Municipal District, an MMDA located within the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[1]

The settlement was founded in 1854 by missionaries of the "Basler Missionsgesellschaft" (Basel Mission) for Christian refugees, who had left Osu (the former Danish-Accra, around Christiansborg) after the British colonial government had bombarded Osu from the Sea in response to the refusal of the inhabitants to pay the newly introduced head tax.

  1. ^ "ABOKOBI GREATER ACCRA REGION". ghana-net.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.