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[citation needed] There are several highways linking the city to Niamey, Niger, south to Ghana, and southwest to Ivory Coast. [citation needed] Ouagadougou has one of West Africa's largest markets, which burned down in 2003 and has since reopened with better facilities and improved fire-prevention measures.
This territory of 199.4 km 2 contained 1,782,150 inhabitants at the 2021 census, [6] and serves as the capital of Ghana, while the district under the jurisdiction of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly proper (20.4 km 2) is distinguished from the rest of the capital as the "City of Accra". [7]
West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire [a] and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan.
With nearly 35 million inhabitants, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa. The capital and largest city is Accra; other significant cities include Tema, Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. In 1957 Ghana became the first colony in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve sovereignty, under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah. [7] [8] [9]
East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital. Kampala is the hub of Uganda. View of Algiers: Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in North Africa.
From 1808 to 1874, the city served as the capital of British West Africa. It also served as the base for the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, which was charged with enforcing the ban on the slave trade. When the squadron liberated slaves on trading ships, they brought most to Sierra Leone, and Freetown in particular; thus, the population grew ...
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, [9] [a] is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; [b] it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. [10]