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'{{update|date=July 2016}} {{stack|{{Politics of Ghana}}}} {{stack|[[File:Clickable Regions of Ghana.svg|Location:right|thumb|Regions of Ghana]]}} The '''regions of [[Ghana]]''' constitute the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana. There are currently ten regions, further divided for administrative purposes into 216 local [[Districts of Ghana|districts]]. The current regional boundaries were officially established in 1987, when the [[Upper West Region]] was inaugurated as the state's newest administrative region. Although the official inauguration was in 1987, the Upper West Region had already functioned as an administrative unit since the break-up of the Upper Region in December 1982, prior to the 1984 national census.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Ghana|author=David Owusu-Ansah|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|edition=4|page=xii}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- bgcolor=#ACE1AF ! Region !! Capital ! {{longitem |Area<br/>{{nobold|{{smaller|(km{{smallsup|2}})}}}} }} ! {{longitem |Population<br/>{{nobold|{{smaller|(2010 census)<br/><ref>[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ghana.aspx Ghana] at GeoHive.</ref>}}}} }} |- <!--Alphabetical by region name:--> | '''[[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]]''' || [[Kumasi]] ||align="right"| 24,889 ||align="right"| 4,780,380 </tr> | '''[[Brong-Ahago Region|Brong-Ahafo]]''' || [[Sunyani]] ||align="right"| 39,557 ||align="right"| 2,310,983 </tr> | '''[[Greater Accra Region|Greater Accra]]'''{{nbsp|2}} || [[Accra]] ||align="right"| 3,245 ||align="right"| 4,010,054 </tr> | '''[[Central Region, Ghana|Central]]''' || [[Cape Coast]] ||align="right"| 9,826 ||align="right"| 2,201,863 </tr> | '''[[Eastern Region, Ghana|Eastern]]''' || [[Koforidua]] ||align="right"| 19,323 ||align="right"| 2,633,154 </tr> | '''[[Northern Region, Ghana|Northern]]''' || [[Tamale, Ghana|Tamale]] ||align="right"| 70,384 ||align="right"| 2,479,461 </tr> | '''[[Western Region, Ghana|Western]]''' || [[Sekondi-Takoradi]]{{nbsp|2}} ||align="right"| 23,921 ||align="right"| 2,376,021 </tr> | '''[[Upper East Region|Upper East]]''' || [[Bolgatanga]] ||align="right"| 8,842 ||align="right"| 1,046,545 </tr> | '''[[Upper West Region|Upper West]]''' || [[Wa, Ghana|Wa]] ||align="right"| 18,476 ||align="right"| 702,110 </tr> | '''[[Volta Region|Volta]]''' || [[Ho, Ghana|Ho]] ||align="right"| 20,570 ||align="right"| 2,118,252 </tr> |} {{clear}} == See also == *[[List of Ghanaian regional ministers]] *[[List of Ghanaian regions by area]] *[[List of Ghanaian regions by population]] *[[ISO 3166-2:GH]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Ghana topics}} {{Regions of Ghana}} {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries}} [[Category:Regions of Ghana| ]] [[Category:Subdivisions of Ghana]] [[Category:Lists of country subdivisions|Ghana, Regions]] [[Category:Country subdivisions of Africa|Ghana 1]] [[Category:First-level administrative country subdivisions|Regions, Ghana]] [[Category:Ghana-related lists]]Ghana has over 100000 people qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq'