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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.
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 ...
Cape Coast Castle. / 5.10361°N 1.24111°W / 5.10361; -1.24111. Cape Coast Castle ( Swedish: Carolusborg) is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese "feitoria" or trading post, established in 1555, which was ...
As of 2012, the densest population of forest elephants in Ghana is located in Kakum. [19] The Museums and Monuments Board of the Republic of Ghana has proposed that UNESCO [20] declare the park a natural World Heritage Site under criteria vii and x. The submission made in 2000 is listed under the tentative List of World Heritage Sites. [21]
Located 30 km north of Cape Coast. Kyabobo National Park. Mole National Park - A former game reserve in the isolated northern region of Ghana that contains an abundant variety of wildlife. It is located 100 km to the west of Tamale. Nini Suhien National Park - A small forest located in the western region near the border of Côte d'Ivoire.
Adanwomase Kente weaving. Ahwiaa wood carvings. Bobiri Butterfly sanctuary [1] Ntonso Adinkra Arts and crafts village. Bonwire Kente Weaving. Lake Bosumtwi. Kumasi Zoo. Pankrono pottery. Kejetia Market.
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.
The Wli waterfalls is the highest water fall in West Africa located in Ghana [ 4] The falls is known locally as Agoomatsa waterfalls - meaning, " Allow Me to Flow. " It is located in the Hohoe municipality of the Volta Region, the land of the Ewe culture.