Prampram is a coastal town 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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. The town is located in the

Ningo Prampram District Ningo Prampram District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Dangme West District in 1988, which was created from the former Dangme District Council, until the sout ...

. Prampram (Gbugbla), the capital of Ningo-Prampram, is 15 minutes' drive from the port city of Tema and 45 minutes from Accra, the national capital, and is an emerging center of industrial activities.

Places of interest

The town is set to become an international hub as the government has acquired more than 60 acres of land to construct the country's first

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. Prampram has some of the cleanest white sand beaches in the country, dotted with several pleasure spots for tourists and holidaymakers. The town is home to the first and only bulletproof police station in Ghana, built by the Danes. A small English trading fort,

Fort Vernon Fort Vernon was a military structure designed to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade. The Royal African Company built the fort in 1742 near Prampram, a town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was built out of cheap materials – rough stone ...

, built in 1742, is located in Prampram. A video showing the

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, carrying a coffin and dancing to remember the deceased person's life, soon became viral, and later an

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Notable natives

Notable natives and residents of Prampram include: * Nene Annorkwei II *

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, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana * W. A. N Adumua Bossman, former President of

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(E. T. Mensah), former member of the

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for Ningo-Prampram * Naa Morkor Busia , former first Lady , wife of late Dr. Kofi Abrefia Busia *

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, former Ghana first lady, wife of the late President

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* Members of the Nana Otafrija Pallbearing Service, also known as The Dancing Pallbearers *

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, Ghanaian football coach, Head Coach of the

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Notable schools

* Prampram Senior High School * Prampram Women's Vocational Training Institute * Central University * Oasis International Training Centre

References

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