Boankra is a town in south-central
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
.
Transport
It is served by a station on the eastern network of
Ghana Railways
Ghana Railway Company Limited (previously known as the Ghana Railway Corporation) is the company that operates the railways of Ghana. The Ghana Railway Company Limited is a public-sector body with responsibility for the efficient management of ...
.
The proposed
Boankra Inland Port
The Boankra Inland Port is an Inland port-Dry port near the Ghanaian city of Kumasi.
Timeline
* The project started sometime in late 2007 and stalled in 2008. It was revived in 2018 and as at 2024, the first phase was 70% complete.
See also ...
is to be situated at this site linking the ports of
Tema
Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most p ...
and
Takoradi
Sekondi-Takoradi ( ) is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city as well as ...
to the inner parts of the country and the
landlocked countries
A landlocked country is a country that has no territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins. Currently, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them #Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and ...
of
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
,
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
and
Niger
Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...
.
See also
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Railway stations in Ghana
The railway stations in Ghana serve a rail network concentrated in the south of the country.
Maps
UNHCR Atlas Map Ghana- shows Topography.
UN Map Ghana- shows Provinces
GhanaNet Map
Towns served by rail
Existing
The following towns or vi ...
References
Populated places in Ghana
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