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 District 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.
[edit] 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] |
[edit] References
- ↑ Accra Metropolitan. GhanaWeb. Retrieved on 22 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jii;view=text;rgn=main;idno=4750978.0016.105 Environmental and Structural Inequalities in Greater Accra. The Journal of the International Institute. Retrieved on 22 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Ghana. Thomas Brinkhoff.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 SCI: Sister City Directory. Sister-cities.org. Retrieved on 5 August 2010. .
- ↑ Sister City Agreement with Accra, Ghana. Jga.oca.dc.gov. Retrieved on 5 August 2010. .
