Prestea
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Prestea is a town in the Western Region, in southwest Ghana and about 50 km north of the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies on the west bank of the Ankobra River, about 60 mi (100 km) northwest of Cape coast. The town is part of the Prestea-Huni Valley District. Prestea is the forty-sixth most populous in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 35,760 people. A railway line connects Prestea to Tarkwa and beyond to the coastal city of Sekondi-Takoradi.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in WP, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 172 inbound references to Prestea, and connects out to Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana and Atlantic Ocean.
Vinony files it under Mining Towns in Ghana, Populated places in the Western Region (Ghana) and Use Ghanaian English from January 2023.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Prestea
- Region
- Western Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 35,611
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Prestea
- Settlement.other_name
- Wassa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ghana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Prestea in Western Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Prestea-Huni Valley District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_note
- Ranked 46th in Ghana
- Settlement.population_total
- 35,760
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District
- Continent
- Africa
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Italiano
Prestea è un centro abitato del Ghana, situato nella Regione Occidentale.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
On the map
3 mapped locations