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Accra
Accra (; or Gaga; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of 284,124, and the larger Greater Accra Region, , had a population of 5.46 million. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered . This territory has since been split into 13 local government districts: 12 independent municipal districts (total area: 179.0 km
Shetland Islands
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the northeast of Orkney, from mainland Scotland, and west of Norway.
Orkney Islands
Orkney (), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name The Orkneys is also sometimes used. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. The largest island, the Mainland, has an area of , making it the sixth-largest Scottish island and the tenth-largest island in the British Isles. Orkney's largest settlement, and also its administrative centre, is Kirkwall.
Vieques
island-municipality in Puerto Rico
Saint Thomas
one of the main islands of the United States Virgin Islands
Saint Croix
one of the main islands of the Virgin Islands of the United States
Kingdom of Iceland
former country
Danish West Indies
Danish colony in the Caribbean
Serampore
Serampore (also known as Serampur, Srirampur, Srirampore, Shreerampur, Shreerampore, Shrirampur or Shrirampore) is a city in Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves as the headquarters of the Srirampore subdivision and is part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Located on the west bank of the Hooghly River, it was a pre-colonial city that was part of Danish India under the name Frederiknagore from 1755 to 1845. thumb|Front façade of Serampore Rajbari, Chatra
Tharangambadi
Tharangambadi (), formerly Tranquebar (, ), is a town in the Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. It lies north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary named Uppanar of the Kaveri River. It was established on 19 November 1620 as the first Danish trading post in India. King Christian IV had sent his envoy Ove Gjedde who established contact with Raghunatha Nayak of Thanjavur. An annual tribute was paid by the Danes to the Rajah of Tanjore until the colony was sold to the British East India Company in 1845.
Piltene
Piltene (; , , ) is a town in Ventspils Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 909.
Danish India
settlements and trading posts of Denmark and Norway on the Indian subcontinent
Duchy of Estonia (1219–1346)
Historical Danish possession in Northern Estonia from 1219 to 1346
Osu Castle
former seat of the President and Government of Ghana
Danish Gold Coast
Danish colony in Africa from 1658 to 1850
Danish West India Company
Danish chartered company
Danish colonization of the Americas
Danish colonies in the Americas
chartered company
company created to colonize and trade
Fort Prinzenstein
fortified colonial trade post in Ghana
South Greenland
Danish inspectorate
Colony of Greenland
Danish colony from 1950 to 1953
North Greenland
former Danish colony
Fort Kongenstein
Danish trading fort