Accra

Accra

City, port city, big city, national capital

Part of	Ghanaian Coastal Plain
Official language	Icyongereza
Continent	Afurika
Country	Gana
Capital of	Gana, Greater Accra Region, Gold Coast Colony
Located in the admi­nis­tra­ti­ve ter­ri­to­rial entity	Greater Accra Region, Accra Metropolitan District
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, Greenwich Mean Time
Located in or next to body of water	Gulf of Guinea
Coor­di­na­te location	5°33′22″N 0°11′49″W
Office held by head of govern­ment	Mayor of Accra
Head of govern­ment	Elizabeth K.T. Sackey
Popu­la­tion	1782150
Contains the admi­nis­tra­ti­ve ter­ri­to­rial entity	Ablekuma Central, Ablekuma North, Ablekuma South, Ashiedu Keteke, Ayawaso East Constituency, La Nkwantanang Madina, Okaikwei North Constituency, Okaikwei South Constituency
Elevation above sea level	61±1 metre
Twinned admi­nis­tra­ti­ve body	Johannesburg, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Columbia, Columbus, Paynesville, São Tomé
Replaces	Cape Coast
Area	173000000 ㎡
Postal code	GA
Official website	ama.gov.gh
Time of earliest written record	15. century
Local dialing code	0302, 0302

Accra ni umurwa mukuru ndetse n’umujyi munini wa Ghana. Uherereye ku nkombe z’amajyepfo z’Igolfe ya Guinea, igice cy’Inyanja ya Atlantika. Ni cyo kigo gikuru cy’ubutegetsi, ubukungu n’imiyoborere y’igihugu cya Ghana.

Mu ibarura ry’abaturage ryakozwe mu mwaka wa 2021, Akarere ka Metropolitani ya Accra gafite ubuso bwa kilometero kare 20.4 n’abaturage 284,124. Intara ya Greater Accra yo ifite ubuso bwa kilometero kare 3,245 n’abaturage bagera kuri miliyoni 5.46. Izina “Accra” rimwe na rimwe rikoreshwa risobanura agace kanini kari kagize Akarere ka Metropolitani ya Accra mbere y’umwaka wa 2008. Aka gace nyuma kagabanyijwemo uturere 13 tw’ubuyobozi bw’ibanze.

Inkomoko y’Izina

Ijambo “Accra” rikomoka ku ijambo ry’Ikani (Akan) Nkran, risobanura “ibimonyo”. Iri zina ryaturutse ku birundo by’ibimonyo byagaragaraga mu gace gakikije uyu mujyi. Abaturage bavuga ururimi rwa Twi ni bo bakoresheje iri zina bavuga umujyi n’abawutuye.Mu rurimi rw’aba-Ga, abaturage kavukire b’ako gace, Accra yitwa Ga cyangwa Gaga. Iri zina rifitanye isano n’iry’ubwoko bw’Abaga batuye muri ako karere.

Amateka

Accra yavutse biturutse ku guhuza imidugudu itandukanye yari yubatswe hafi y’ibigo by’ubucuruzi by’Abanyaburayi. Muri ibyo harimo Fort James y’Abongereza, Fort Crêvecoeur (Ussher Fort) y’Abaholandi, na Fort Christiansborg y’Abanya-Danemark. Iyi midugudu yari izwi nka Jamestown, Usshertown na Christiansborg yaje guhuzwa, ikaba ari yo yabaye ishingiro ry’umujyi wa Accra.Mu mwaka wa 1877, Accra yabaye umurwa mukuru wa Gold Coast, koloni y’Abongereza. Yabaye umurwa mukuru kugeza Ghana ibonye ubwigenge mu mwaka wa 1957. Nyuma yaho, umujyi wakomeje kwaguka no gutera imbere ku buryo bwihuse.

Imiterere y’Ubuso

Accra iherereye ku nkombe z’Inyanja ya Atlantika kandi ifite ubutaka buri hasi ugereranyije n’indi mijyi myinshi ya Ghana. Kuba iri ku nkombe z’inyanja bituma ihura n’ingaruka z’imihindagurikire y’ikirere n’izamuka ry’amazi y’inyanja.

Ikirere

Accra ifite ikirere gishyushye cyo mu turere two ku nkombe z’inyanja. Ubushyuhe bwayo buringaniye umwaka wose, kandi imvura nyinshi igwa hagati y’ukwezi kwa Mata n’ukwa Kamena. Impuzandengo y’ubushyuhe iba hagati ya dogere selisiyusi 24 na 33.

Ubukungu

Accra ni ihuriro rikomeye ry’ubukungu bwa Ghana. Ni cyo kigo gikuru cy’ubucuruzi, amabanki, ubwishingizi, ubwikorezi n’ishoramari. Mu mwaka wa 2008, Banki y’Isi yagereranyije ko ubukungu bwa Accra bwari bufite agaciro ka miliyari eshatu z’amadolari ya Amerika mu musaruro mbumbe wa Ghana.Urwego rwa serivisi ni rwo rukoresha abaturage benshi, rukurikirwa n’inganda n’ubwubatsi.

Uburezi

Accra ifite amashuri menshi kuva ku mashuri y’incuke kugeza kuri za kaminuza. Muri zo harimo Kaminuza ya Ghana (University of Ghana) iri i Legon, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra Technical University n’izindi.Uyu mujyi kandi urimo amashuri yisumbuye azwi cyane nka Achimota School, Accra Academy na Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School.

Ubwikorezi

Accra ni ihuriro rikomeye ry’ubwikorezi muri Ghana. Ifite ikibuga cy’indege mpuzamahanga cya Accra International Airport, imihanda minini ihuza umujyi n’utundi turere twa Ghana, ndetse n’imirongo ya gari ya moshi ijya mu mijyi nka Kumasi na Tema.Abaturage benshi bakoresha tagisi, bisi n’imodoka rusange zizwi nka “tro tro”.

Ubukerarugendo n’Umuco

Accra ni igicumbi cy’ubukerarugendo muri Ghana. Irimo amahoteli, inzu ndangamurage, inzibutso n’ahantu h’imyidagaduro. Umujyi wakira inama nyinshi mpuzamahanga ndetse n’ibikorwa by’umuco bihuriza hamwe abantu baturutse mu bice bitandukanye by’isi.

Amashakiro

1.Accra - Wikipedia