Kwabenya is an upmarket

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in the

Ga East Municipal district Ga East Municipal District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ga District in 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Ga East District ...

, a

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in the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

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.Ga East Municipal District
/ref> There are a number of high-end

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and estates in the area, including tw
Regimanuel Gray estates
some of Ofankor Hills Estate, and some o
Franko Estates
among others, which border with the neighbouring suburb of

Pokuase Pokuase,http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Environmental-and-Social-Assessments/Ghana%20Awoshie-Pokuase%20Road%20RAP%20Summary%20for%20board%2021%2001%2009.pdf also spelled Pokoasi, is a suburb of Accra, the capital city o ...

. Kwabenya is only separated from its neighbour Pokuase by the Pokuase Interchange and the two areas may soon merge into one when the linking roads between the two areas are completed by October 2020. There are a number of hotels, shopping areas and supermarkets in the area, including a large Citidia; and it is set in picturesque hills, a short drive from

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. It boasts a campus of the

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Legon as well as a number of

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institutions.

Suburb structure

The suburb is under the jurisdiction of the

Ga East Municipal District Ga East Municipal District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ga District in 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Ga East District ...

and is in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency of the

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References

Accra Populated places in the Greater Accra Region {{GreaterAccra-geo-stub