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The administrative divisions of the Republic of Ghana consist of four geographic terrestrial plains and 16 regions. [1] For local government, there are a total of 261 districts including 145 ordinary districts, 109 municipal districts, and six metropolitan districts.
The regions of Ghana are the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana. As of 2020, there are 16 regions, [ 1 ] which are further divided for administrative purposes into 260 local metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (or MMDA's) .
This is a list of Ghanaian regions by population, ranked according to the latest census, which took place on 26 September 2010. Past census data (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) is included for comparison. (Note: The current boundaries of Ghana's administrative regions were not fully established until 1983.
The districts of Ghana were re-organized in 1988/1989 in an attempt to decentralize the government and to assist in development. [3] The reform of the late 1980s subdivided the regions of Ghana into 110 districts, where local district assemblies should deal with the local administration.
Ghana: Unitary 16 regions: 216 districts: Communities tema: 8 municipal districts zones 3 metropolitan districts submetropolitan districts Greece: Regional 7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis) 13 administrative regions (peripheries) 74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites) 332 municipalities (dímoi)
There are sixteen administrative regions of the Republic of Ghana which are divided into 6 metropolitan assemblies; 55 Municipal assemblies; and 216 districts, [7] each with its own district assembly. [7] Below districts are various types of councils, including 58 town or area councils; 108 zonal councils; and 626 area councils. [7]
The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km 2 (9,417 sq mi) and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region in Ghana, with a population of 5,440,463 according to the 2021 census ...
The following table presents a listing of Ghana's 16 regions ranked in order of their ... Region km 2; 1 Northern: 26,524 2 Ashanti: 24,869 3 Western: 23,941 4 Volta: