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Welcome at PINTOMAP, the geographic web search engine for location related services and information. For a start the current prototype includes more than 245,000 articles from Wikipedia that are displayed on Google Maps via Pins, there is more to come.
About PINTOMAP Central Region (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana)Région des Lagunes (Africa / Western Africa / Côte d'Ivoire)Western Region (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana)Accra (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana)Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. It is Ghana's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Abidjan (Africa / Western Africa / Côte d'Ivoire)|- Cocody (Africa / Western Africa / Côte d'Ivoire / Région des Lagunes)Cocody, a suburb of Abidjan, is the one of the wealthiest areas of Africa, marked by its abundance of mansions. Cocody is where most of the Ivorians, rich business people, ambassadors, and other rich people live. Teshie (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana / Greater Accra Region)Teshie is a city in Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. Fort Augustaborg, built by the Danes in 1787, is located in Teshie and was occupied by the British from 1850 to 1957. Sekondi-Takoradi (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana / Western Region)Sekondi-Takoradi, population 335,000 (2005), is the capital of the Western Region of Ghana. It is Ghana's third largest city and an industrial and commercial center. Cape Coast (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana)Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is the capital of the Central Region of Ghana. It is situated 165 km west of Accra on the Gulf of Guinea. Grand-Bassam (Africa / Western Africa / Côte d'Ivoire)Grand-Bassam is a city in Côte d'Ivoire, lying east of Abidjan. It was the French colonial capital city from 1893 until 1896, when the administration was transferred to Bingerville after a bout of yellow fever. Winneba (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana / Central Region)Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa Elmina (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana)Elmina is a town on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, lying west of Cape Coast. The first European settlement in West Africa, it now has a population of around 20,000 people. Kotoka International Airport (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana / Greater Accra Region)}} Elmina Castle (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana / Central Region)Elmina Castle (also St. George El Mina Castle; in Portuguese Castelo de São Jorge de Mina) was built in 1482 by the Portuguese as the first trading post in the Gulf of Guinea at present-day Elmina, Ghana. Cape Coast Castle (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana / Central Region)Cape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana. The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusburg after King Charles X of Sweden. Brandenburger Gold Coast (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana)The Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a part of the Gold Coast that was colonised by Germans before the German unification. Latitude and longitude of cities (Africa / Western Africa / Ghana / Greater Accra Region){| class="wikitable" Latitude and longitude of cities (Africa){| class="wikitable" | ||