🇬🇭 Ghana 17 administrative divisions
17 first-level administrative divisions (states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country) and 12,574 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- GH · GHA · 288
- Capital
- Accra
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- GHS, Ghana cedi
- Calling code
- +233
- Internet domain
- .gh
- Divisions
- 17
- Cities and towns
- 12,574
Divisions
The 17 divisions of Ghana
17 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahafo Region | GH-AF | 392 | – |
| Ashanti Region | GH-AH | 2,303 | – |
| Bono East Region | GH-BE | 86 | – |
| Bono Region | GH-BO | 513 | – |
| Brong-Ahafo Region | GH-BA | 258 | – |
| Central Region | GH-CP | 1,074 | – |
| Eastern Region | GH-EP | 734 | – |
| Greater Accra Region | GH-AA | 526 | 5,455,692 |
| North East Region | GH-NE | 442 | – |
| Northern Region | GH-NP | 1,024 | – |
| Oti Region | GH-OT | 25 | 742,700 |
| Savannah Region | GH-SV | 409 | – |
| Upper East Region | GH-UE | 666 | 1,273,700 |
| Upper West Region | GH-UW | 737 | – |
| Volta Region | GH-TV | 1,334 | 1,878,316 |
| Western North Region | GH-WN | 85 | – |
| Western Region | GH-WP | 1,964 | – |
A further 2 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Ghana
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/GH.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/GH/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.