The ghana statistical service gss is delighted to provide data users, especially the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, with districtlevel analytical reports based on the 2010 phc data to facilitate their planning and decisionmaking. The basin boards dilemma new multistakeholder water governance body ghana members. You can use the go to address command to get maps for any ghanaian address. The districts of ghana were reorganized in 19881989 in an attempt to decentralize the government and to combat the rampant corruption amongst officials citation needed. Ghana mapping the health of forest reserves in ghana. In february 2008, there were more districts created and some were upgraded to municipal status. District assemblies ghana homepage, resource for news. Focusing efforts for maximum impact ghanas deforestation rate remains at around 2% per year and forest. A number of individuals and organizations contributed to the risk mapping and capacities assessment with their knowledge, publications and financial support. In 2017, the highest estimated hiv prevalence at the second administrative level in ghana was 2.
Detailed clear large road map of ghana with road routes from cities to towns, road intersections to provinces and perfectures. A repository of all districts in the republic of ghana. Choose from a wide range of region map types and styles. Metropolitans administrative units with a population of 250,000 inhabitants, municipalties administrative units with a population of 250,000 x 95,000 inhabitants and. Expert interviews on ict policy implementation were also conducted with ten district and four regional directors of education. The coastline is mostly a low, sandy shore backed by plains and scrub and intersected by several rivers and. Mar 23, 2020 select ghana from the list, and expertgps will display a map of accra. Among the districts in ghana, east gonja in the northern region stands out as the district with most of the poor persons. The reform of the late 1980s subdivided the regions of ghana into 110 districts, where local district assemblies should deal with the local administration. Ghana is divided into 10 regions see appendix 5 for ghana map. Ghana encompasses plains, low hills, rivers, lake volta, the worlds largest artificial lake, dodi island and bobowasi island on the south atlantic ocean coast of ghana.
This page provides a complete overview of greater accra, ghana region maps. Download free ghana maps in high resolution formats. We would like to thank the incident commander and members of the emergency operation centre eoc and the ihr national focal point for leadership and initiation of this activity. Shapefiles of all districts in ghana 2012 216 districts. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0. Click to edit master title style click to edit master text styles second level third level fourth level fifth level introduction.
Map in french showing the ghana empire, which was in fact not located in present ghana map showing the british dependencies in west africa, inclusive of the gold coast map of the division of togoland, the green part is the british trust territory of togoland, which became part of the gold coast. Click on the web address on the left to visit the corresponding website of the district assembly. The population of the regions and districts of ghana according to census results and latest official projections. Striking differences in rates of hivaids within ghana and. Economic growth is averaging more than six percent each year and the country is among the few in subsaharan africa expected to meet the. Districts administrative units with a population of 95,000 x 75,000 inhabitants. Selecting members for district oversight committees in the three northern regions. Administrative structures of the second level in ghana are. The university of development studies has its campuses spread between tamale, navrongo and wa. Ghana has set itself the target of achieving universal access to electricity by the year 2020, in line with its national energy strategy of 2010. The districts of ghana were reorganized in 19881989 in an attempt to decentralize the government and to combat the rampant corruption amongst officials. Areas and populations come from a report on road density from ghana s ministry of roads and transport. For readers interested in the historical evolution of regional and district boundaries in ghana. A map of the districts can be found on this fao report on the best areas for fish farming, about halfway down the page.
The ghana statistical service gss is delighted to provide data users, especially the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, with district level analytical reports based on the 2010 phc data to facilitate their planning and decisionmaking. Ghana health service, ghana education service, ministry of local government and rural development and ministry of water. Notwithstanding the laudable idea behind the decentralisation policy, practitioners and decisionmakers at the local level do not have adequate information and knowledge on the functions and responsibilities of the mmdas. Here, at the wikimedia commons, shall be used the general term district for all administrative units below of. First oil was achieved on time and on budget in august 2016, three years after the plan of development was approved by the government of ghana. As you scroll around the map and zoom in and out, expertgps will automatically download maps of the area you are viewing.
Ghana administrative boundaries admin level 0, 1 region and 2 district boundaries of ghana the dataset represents the international, regions and districts boundaries of ghana with harmonized pcodes of rowca and humanitarian response. As the new regions are not functioning at the moment, you see below the 10 old regions. Ifpri tool pool seminar th click to edit master title style. Administrative 44k coastline 175k roads 1m places 30k natural features 220k points of interest 24k water 200k. Special thanks go to the various partners of the ghana trachoma programmethe ghana neglected tropical diseases control programme who provided financial, technical, logistics and other support. Detailed clear large road map of ghana ezilon maps. Regions and districts the population of the regions and districts of ghana according to census results and latest official projections. Below is a list of all the districts in ghana arranged by alphabetical order. Ghanas economic progress over the last 20 years has been laudable.
Ghana districts districts eastern region koforidua newjuaben municipal district, koforidua. Number of establishments in western region by district and lmsm. Shapefiles of all districts in ghana 2012 216 districts data and resources. The findings show that there are relatively low computers at primary schools 4% compared to the junior high schools 10%. Ghana is part of west africa with its borders touching those of togo, burkina faso and cote divoire, while the coastal landscapes overlook the atlantic ocean. Because each of our ghana digital maps is available in the adobe illustrator or editable pdf format, both of which use a vector based approach to displaying images, you can easily zoom into any portion of our maps without any degradation in the quality of the text, lines and symbols of the map regardless of the magnification factor. Regrettably the north lags far behind the rest of the country in terms of literacy rates. This ghana district league table ii has also sought to shift attention from the total score ranking among the districts, to emphasize sector performances among. Kwake nkrumah, first president and founder of ghana, today.
Promoting teaching and learning in ghanaian basic schools. Many of the district links lead to our old not uptodate pages. In may 20, the plan of development for ten was approved by the government of ghana and tullow commenced its second major operated deepwater development. A guide to district assemblies in ghana, 2nd ed fes ghana. Government of ghana, civil society organizations, the private sector, other development partners, and internally with the u. Ghana poverty mapping report ghana statistical service. From simple outline maps to detailed map of greater accra. The study found that the largest number of people aged 1549 living with hiv plhiv reside in accra metropolis district. Use our maps in your image brochures and travel catalogues, or on your website.
Click on the ghana districts to view it full screen. The northern region is the largest in land area, with a population of 1,854,944 ghana census, 2000completed after this assessment, half in the capitol district of tamale. As of march 2017, a total of 11 countries have adopted policies that support cba2i, three countries have policy dialogue and scaleup underway liberia, zambia, benin and six additional countries have completed pilots or have pilots y drc, sierra leone, tanzania, togo, burkina faso, niger. The tables in this report, together with spatial analysis maps presented. Districts in the southern ghana on the other hand show very low concentration of poor persons, there are few districts with high number of poor persons, but these numbers cannot be compared to what pertains to districts in the northern part of ghana. In 2019, the number of regions increased from 10 to 16 as tabulated. Or add an attractive location map to your real estate flyer. The detailed road map represents one of many map types and styles available. Seals of registry offices 1 a registry office shall have a seal.
This brought the final number to 170 districts in ghana. Shapefiles of all districts in ghana 2012 216 districts 1. Ghana administrative boundaries humanitarian data exchange. The social organization of the peoples of northern ghana is informed by patrilineal descent ideologies which. Pdf regions and regionalismm in ghana researchgate. Ghana can be divided into four different geographical ecoregions. Of the 501 fbos in the survey, 123 are located in northern ghana and 378 are in southern ghana. Right click on the following links to save the zipped shapefiles to your computer. Ghana is now divided into 16 administrative regions, as of feb 2019, subdivided into a total of now about 230 districts.
The district capital of the ellembelle district is nkroful. See here pictures and more information about nkroful. Metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies mmdas 16. The study was implemented by the ghana statistical service with financial support from the international organization for migration iom. New maps are helping to fill these gaps and open up new opportunities for restoration. Provide background information to validate and update the records of the compiled. No choice but to deny who i am ii glossary bisexual sexual orientation of a person who is sexually and romantically attracted to both men and women.
Ghana districts districts volta region ho ho municipal district, ho. I have presented the older list of 110 districts in the table below, because i was able to gather more data on them. Mapping the health of forest reserves in ghana little was known about the state of ghanas forest reserves over the past 20 years. An evaluation of communitybased surveillance in the northern.