ACCRA, a port on the Gulf of Guinea in 5° 31' N., o° 12' W., since 1876 capital of the British Gold Coast colony. Population (1932) about 63,200. The name is derived from the Fanti word Nkran (an ant), by which designation the tribe inhabiting the dis trict was formerly known. The town grew up around three forts established in close proximity—James (British, named after James II.), Crevecoeur (Dutch) and Christiansborg (Danish). The last-named was ceded to Britain in 185o, Crevecoeur not till 1871. Accra preserves the distinctions of James Town, Ussher Town and Christiansborg, indicative of its tripartite origin. Ussher Town represents Crevecoeur, the fort being renamed after H. T. Ussher, administrator of the Gold Coast (1867-72). Christians borg, the finest of the three forts, is the official residence of the governor of the colony ; James Fort is a prison. The main thor oughfare, where stand the church of the Holy Trinity (built 1895), banks and business premises, runs two miles in a straight line. In Victoriaborg, a suburb of Ussher Town, are the residences of the principal officials, and here a racecourse has been laid out. (Accra is almost the only point along the Gold Coast where horses thrive.) Accra has many schools and hospitals and five miles north is Achimota college (opened 1927), the chief educational establishment in the Gold Coast. Accra is connected by cable with Europe and South Africa, and is the sea terminus of a railway to Kumasi. Ships anchor about a mile off-shore and lighterage is by surf boat. There is a breakwater and jetty with wharves. Accra has a wireless telegraph station.