Place:Greater Accra, Ghana

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NameGreater Accra
Alt namesAccrasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 441
Capital Districtsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 441
Greater Accrasource: Britannica Book of the Year (1991) p 605
TypeRegion
Coordinates5.75°N 0.0°E
Located inGhana
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Aburi
Accra ( 1482 - )
Larteh Aheneasi
Prampram
Tema ( 1951 - )
Teshie
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, before the Ashanti Region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7 per cent of Ghana's total population.

The Greater Accra region is the most urbanized region in the country with 87.4% of its total population living in urban centres. The capital city of Greater Accra Region is Accra which is at the same time the capital city of Ghana.

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