Greater Accra Region

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Greater Accra Region, Administrative region in southern Ghana

The Greater Accra Region spans 3,245 square kilometers along the Gulf of Guinea, housing government institutions and commercial centers of Ghana's capital city.

The area transformed from the Accra Capital District, part of the Eastern Region, into an independent administrative region on July 23, 1982.

The region's population of 5.4 million people includes the Ga people who hold the Homowo festival in August to commemorate a 16th-century famine.

The territory contains 29 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies, connected by four national highways and served by Kotoka International Airport.

Despite being the smallest of Ghana's 16 administrative regions at 1.4 percent of the country's total area, it contains 17.7 percent of the national population.

Location: Ghana

Inception: July 23, 1982

Capital city: Accra

Shares border with: Central Region, Eastern Region, Volta Region

Email: info@gtarcc.gov.gh

Website: http://gtarcc.gov.gh

GPS coordinates: 5.75000,0.09952

Latest update: May 28, 2025 18:29

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