Ghana Place Names

Ghana Place Names is a research project to find the meanings and origins of as many place names in Ghana as possible.

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I am in the process of moving to Bluesky. Continue to follow Ghana Place Names at: https://t.co/1IFa37B4zc

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Added new page on Power Stations: https://t.co/ZiuSsnwbtE

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Added new page on Binomina: https://t.co/8iblf1p3iy

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Added Sankor (Single Salon): https://t.co/DfEihW7hdM

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Added Ateitu (Father Otu's Place): https://t.co/akqp1dkv9y

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Added Woarabeba (You will be coming): https://t.co/KW25jvuIY1. Visit to see why!

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Added Mmetiamu (Oil Palm Border): https://t.co/gGNHlOgDOS - and historic bridge at https://t.co/t6uguPhJTS

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Added Ayimom (Generous Gifts): https://t.co/MMkGNVXaXr

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Added Kanakulai (Home of Lumps of Meat): https://t.co/DBsd24qLHy

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Added Adiepena (A good thing is hard to find): https://t.co/8I2bmAVN3G

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Added Karlo (Gulp): https://t.co/wfr28Ebeka

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Added Benomsuo (Will drink water): https://t.co/jBIn9RCX3l

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With the reformatting of the Ashanti toponym records, the GPN New Site is now complete. The Home URL remains the same.

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Added Kusa Scarp, with Street View image: https://t.co/SVFHyBpu2W

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Added Ashalaja: https://t.co/n6W8x3fL3u

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Conversion to Google 'new site' is now complete, with some reformatting still to do. URL is now the same as the original classic site: https://t.co/hBnjWtotUr

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Added Kitare (Attara's Place): https://t.co/6H6Dmpu3NQ

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Google 'classic' sites are to be terminated (Sep-Dec 2021), so GPN is in the process of migrating to https://t.co/GBMVS8vOgX

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Updated Babator (They will come and buy): https://t.co/ahjlY1NiYW

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Added Tinguri (Upland): https://t.co/TjgVm29l0N