Ghana / Ghana

Administrative hierarchy of Ghana: 16 regions, 260 districts, 2,079 towns. With coordinates (lat/lon) and bilingual names at every level.

16
Region (Region)
260
District (District)
2,079
Town (Town)
2,355
Total Records
Coordinates
lat/lon at every level
Bilingual
Local script + English
JSON API
/api/v1/countries/gh.json
No Postal
Not available

Hierarchy

16 Region → 260 District → 2,079 Town

Region / Region

Name (Local) Name (EN) ID Coordinates Children
Ahafo Ahafo GH01 6.874, -2.618 6
Ashanti Ashanti GH02 6.74, -1.628 43
Bono Bono GH03 7.817, -2.37 12
Bono East Bono East GH04 7.975, -1.104 11
Central Central GH05 5.662, -1.158 22
Eastern Eastern GH06 6.458, -0.412 33
Greater Accra Greater Accra GH07 5.79, 0.247 29
Northern Northern GH08 9.279, 0.003 16
Northern East Northern East GH09 10.321, -0.856 6
Oti Oti GH10 7.932, 0.242 8
Savannah Savannah GH11 9.049, -1.494 7
Upper East Upper East GH12 10.728, -0.819 15
Upper West Upper West GH13 10.334, -2.215 11
Volta Volta GH14 6.537, 0.458 18
Western Western GH15 5.445, -2.112 14
Western North Western North GH16 6.176, -2.656 9

Data Access

GET /api/v1/countries/gh.json

Full dataset including all levels. CORS enabled, no auth required.

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GitHub Repository

Full dataset with browsable hierarchy, aggregate files, and AI-friendly exports:

open-admin-data/ghana-administrative-divisions

Source

OCHA COD-AB (HDX) + Ghana Open Data Portal
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-gha
License: CC BY-IGO