Accrais the capital, the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and economic center ofGhana,with an estimated urban population of 2.27 million as of 2012.It is also the capital of theGreater Accra Regionand of theAccra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous. Itstretches along the GhanaianAtlantic coastand extends north into Ghana's interior. Originally built around a port, it served as the capital of the BritishGold Coastbetween 1877 and 1957,and contains a number of public buildings reflecting its transition from a nineteenth-century suburb of Victoriasborg to the modern metropolis it is today.
Accra is one of the wealthiest and most modern cities on theAfricancontinent, with a high quality of living by African standards.It serves as the Greater Accra region's economic and administrative hub. It is furthermore a centre of a wide range of nightclubs, restaurants, and hotels.