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'''Accra''' <span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ə/ 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɑː/(contracted; show full) is furthermore the anchor of a larger metropolitan area, the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA),<ref>{{cite web |url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jii;view=text;rgn=main;idno=4750978.0016.105|title = Environmental and Structural Inequalities in Greater Accra|accessdate = 22 July 2010|publisher = The Journal of the International Institute}}</ref> which is inhabited by about 4 million people, making it the second largest metropolitan conglomeration in Ghana by population,
<ref name="Metro Population" /> and the eleventh-largest metropolitan area in Africa.

Accra stretches along the Ghanaian Atlantic coast and extends north into Ghana's interior. Originally built around a port, it served as the capital of the British [[Sika Mpoano|Gold Coast]] between 1877 and 1957. Once merely a 19th-century suburb of Victoriaborg, Accra has since transitioned into a modern metropolis; the city's architecture reflects this history, ranging from 19th-century architecture buildings to modern skyscrapers and apartment blocks.

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