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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.
Ghana's first post independence population census in 1961 counted about 6.7 million inhabitants. [9] Between 1965 and 1989, a constant 45% of Ghana total female population was of childbearing age. [9] The crude death rate of 18 per 1,000 population in 1965 fell to 13 per 1,000 population in 1992.
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Ghana is characterized in general by low physical relief. The Precambrian rock system that underlies most of the nation has been worn down by erosion almost to a plain. [1] 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]
The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in 2008 district boundaries. The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is a metropolitan region centered in Ghana's capital Accra.With around five million inhabitants, the metropolitan area is one of the 90 largest agglomerations in the world. [1]
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. [3] This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7 per cent of Ghana's total population. [4] [5]
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Download as PDF; Printable version ... The following table presents a listing of Ghana's 16 regions ranked in ...