Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
A World Heritage Site in Ghana, inscribed in 1979 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Ghana
- Region
- Africa
- Inscribed
- 1979
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- —
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 5.3910, -0.4936
- UNESCO ID
- 34
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Forts et châteaux de Volta, d'Accra et ses environs et des régions centrale et ouest
- Spanish
- Fuertes y castillos de Volta, de Accra y sus alrededores,
- Chinese
- 沃尔特大阿克拉中西部地区的要塞和城堡
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