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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.
On 4 April 1959, the Ashanti Region was split into the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions as a result of the Brong Ahafo Region Act No. 18 of 1959. [7] This was in line with what the Brong Kyempem movement had been campaigning for, which was the recognition of the Bono people as a separate ethnic group from the Ashantis with their own region. [5]
The following table presents a listing of Ghana's 16 regions ranked in order of their surface area. [1] [dead link ...
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.
A clickable map of Ghana exhibiting its ten regions. This page was last edited on 1 November 2023, at 06:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Map of the Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index in 2017. Legend: ... Region HDI (2022) Medium human development 1: Greater Accra: 0.670 2: Eastern: 0.622 3 ...
Ghana is situated within the following regions: Northern Hemisphere, on the Prime Meridian. Africa. West Africa; Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00; Extreme points of Ghana High: Mount Afadja 880 m (2,887 ft) Low: Gulf of Guinea 0 m; Land boundaries: 2,094 km Togo 877 km Cote d'Ivoire 668 km Burkina Faso 549 km. Coastline: 539 km
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 fourth region, the high plains, occupies the northern and northwestern sector of Ghana. [1]