Accra

Ghana

Accra 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, 20.4 km2, had a population of 284,124, and the larger Greater Accra Region, 3,245 km2, had a population of 5.46 million. The name "Accra" sometimes refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered 199.4 km2.

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Country: Ghana
Population: 2,121,000
Latitude: 5.55° N
Longitude: 0.22° O

Which way is Accra from…

From Paris, Accra lies at 184° to the south, 4,821 km as the crow flies.

Paris	184° south	4,821 km
London	180° south	5,110 km
New York	96° east	8,241 km
Madrid	174° south	3,892 km
Rome	201° south	4,233 km
Montreal	98° east	8,273 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	289° west	6,745 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Accra sits almost exactly on London’s meridian: from London, you aim straight south, at 180°, 5,110 km away. From New York, though, a flat map would point you to 118°, south-east; the compass says 96°, east. A landmark for Ghana’s capital: it lies on the same latitude as Bogotá.