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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Ghana accepted the convention, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.
Coordinates: 5°31′27″N 1°10′07″W. The Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River also called Nnonkonsuo or Donkor Nsuo (singular) was one of the slave markets for gathering indigenes during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [1] [2] It is located in the Central Region of Ghana, forty (40) kilometers along the Cape Coast-Kumasi highway.
3,743 km². Established. 1971. Digya National Parkis the second largest national parkand the oldest protected areain Ghana. It is located in the Bono East Region.[1] It was created in 1900 and given national park status in 1971. The park is the only wildlife territory in Ghana to have Lake Voltaat its borders. Geography.
Kakum National Park. / 5.35361°N 1.38333°W / 5.35361; -1.38333. Kakum National Park, located in the coastal environs of the Central Region [ 1][ 2][ 3] of Ghana, [ 4] covers an area of 375 square kilometres (145 sq mi). Established in 1931 as a reserve, it was gazetted as a national park only in 1992 after an initial survey of ...
Mole National Park, one of Ghana's seven national parks, is the country's largest wildlife refuge. [ 1][ 2] The park is located in the Savannah region of Ghana on savanna and riparian ecosystems at an elevation of 50 m, with a sharp escarpment forming the southern boundary of the park. The Park is 24 km from Damongo, the district capital, 146 ...
Agbogbloshie is a nickname of a commercial district on the Korle Lagoon of the Odaw River, near the center of Accra, Ghana 's capital city in the Greater Accra region. [ 1] Near the slum called "Old Fadama", the Agbogbloshie site became known as a destination for externally generated automobile and electronic scrap collected from mostly the ...
Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural lake in Ghana. It is situated within an ancient impact crater that is about 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) in diameter. [ 2] It is about 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, and is a popular recreational area. There are about 30 villages near the crater lake of Lake Bosumtwi, with a combined ...
Ahwiaa wood carvings. Bobiri Butterfly sanctuary [1] Ntonso Adinkra Arts and crafts village. Bonwire Kente Weaving. Lake Bosumtwi. Kumasi Zoo. Pankrono pottery. Kejetia Market.