Gbawe
Gbawe is a town in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana near the capital Accra.
Gbawe is a town in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana near the capital Accra. Gbawe is the twenty-third largest settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 74,403 people. Gbawe is located a few kilometres west of Accra in the Ga South Municipal Assembly. At the Ghana census of 26 March 2000, the population was 28,989 inhabitants living in the Town. Projections of 1 January 2007 estimated the population to be 52,910 inhabitants. In the census of 1984, only 837 residents were listed, and in 1970 it was the 608th largest settlement in Ghana. The Town was founded more than 100 years ago. Today the Town has a more rural structure in the large-scale marked suburban development areas.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Gbawe
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Weija Dam
Weija Dam is a dam on the Densu River which supports the main water treatment plant for Accra. It is operated by the Ghana Water Company.
3.8 km · water treatment dam at Weija in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana · Wikipedia - 02Methodist University College
The Methodist University Ghana is a private university in Ghana. It is located at Accra in the Greater Accra Region.
5.6 km · private university in Ghana · Wikipedia - 03Hindu Monastery of Africa
The Hindu Monastery of Africa is a Hindu monastic and temple complex headquartered in Odorkor, a suburb of Accra, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Founded in 1975 by Swami Ghanananda Saraswati, it is widely regarded as the first Hindu monastery established and led by indigenous Africans.
5.1 km · Hindu Monastery in Ghana · Wikipedia - 04Dansoman Park
Carl Reindorf Park Stadium, also called Dansoman Park Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Dansoman, a suburb of Accra in Ghana.
4.8 km · sports stadium in Ghana · Wikipedia - 05West Hills Mall
The West Hills Mall is a shopping centre located at Dukonah, near Weija along the Accra – Cape Coast Highway in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
4.9 km · shopping centre in Accra · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Gbawe
- Airports
- Kotoka (ACC), 16 km · Lomé–Tokoin (LFW), 185 km · Prempeh I (KMS), 190 km
- Kumasi → Gbawe191 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · GH₵130–175
- Tamale → Gbawe429 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · GH₵960–1,490
- Lomé → Gbawe180 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · $16–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gbawe
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gbawe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou may have to ask around in order to find your way to the tro-tros leaving direct to Kokrobite, as they depart from a back corner of the station.
- Get inIf in doubt, ask the tro-tro mate for "Big Milly's." After leaving the tro-tro, the most popular beachfront hotels are just a short walk down dirt roads.
- Get aroundTaxis and tro-tros are available at the main road.
- Go nextTro-tros to Accra leave from the paved road.
From Wikivoyage: Kokrobite, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
- 01964 km
- 022,864 km
- 032,991 km
- 043,330 km
- 053,415 km
If you know how people move in Gbawe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Gbawe
Gbawe is 13 km from Accra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ablekuma West Municipal DistrictMunicipal District in Ghana5.7 km
- Ablekuma North Municipal DistrictMunicipal District in Ghana4.9 km
- Weijadistrict Capital in Greater Accra Region, Ghana2.7 km
- Weija-Gbawe Municipal Districtmunicipal District in Ghana2.7 km