Jamestown
Jamestown Lighthouse
Jamestown (or James Town) is a district in the city of Accra, Ghana. It originated as a community that emerged around the 17th century British James Fort on the Gulf of Guinea coast, and became a part of Accra as the city grew. A lighthouse, the Jamesfort Light, was built by the British at James Fort in 1871. Jamestown is now a fishing port populated primarily by the Ga, an indigenous people of coastal Ghana. It is also a tourist destination for those wishing to see the remnants of Accra's colonial past. The original lighthouse was replaced in the 1930s by the current Accra Light, which is 93 ft (28 m) tall with a visibility of 16 nautical miles (30 km).
Jamestown is one of the older areas of Accra and was heavily developed by the
end of the 19th century. During the rapid growth of the city during the 20th
century, Jamestown has become an area of a dense mixture of commercial and
residential use. Since World War II, a succession of plans to enhance the
capital city have come with changes in government — some seeing improvements in
Jamestown as a necessary part of the overall plan, and some treating such
improvements as competing with the efforts to develop the central business
district of Accra.
Jamestown has recently become the focus of international research and assistance
programs regarding the health and socioeconomic issues of a dense urban
population where the infrastructure and governmental regulation had been
inadequate in providing for the needs and safety of its people.
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James Town Beach Mosque
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