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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) .
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.
Map of the Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index in 2017. Legend: 0.600 – 0.699 0.500 – 0.599 0.000 – 0.499. This is a list of regions of Ghana (2018 ...
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 following table presents a listing of Ghana's 16 regions ranked in order of their ... Region km 2; 1 Northern: 70,765 2 Ashanti: 24,869 3 Western: 23,941 4 Volta:
The Northern Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. [4] It is situated in the northern part of the country and ranks as the second largest of the sixteen regions. Before its division, it covered an area of 25,000 square kilometres, representing 10 percent of Ghana 's area.
The highest elevation in Ghana, Mount Afadja in the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, rises 880 metres (2,890 ft) above sea level. [1] There are four distinct geographical regions. [1] Low plains stretch across the southern part of Ghana. To their north lie three regions—the Ashanti Uplands, the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, and the Volta Basin. [1]
The Ashanti Region is located in the middle belt of Ghana. It lies between longitudes 0.15W and 2.25W as well as latitudes 5.50N and 7.46N. The region shares boundaries with six of the sixteen political regions: the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo in the north, the Eastern Region in the east, the Central Region in the south, and the Western Region in the South west.