Districts

Name: Ghana Districts
Creator: geoBoundaries ADM2
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ghana's metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies with their region, land area and centroid. 260 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 26, 2026Free260 recordsGeography

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
region	TEXT
boundary_id	TEXT
area_sqkm	DECIMAL(12,2)
centroid_latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
centroid_longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
source	TEXT

Preview

five records, free

First 5 rows of Districts
nameTEXT NOT NULL	regionTEXT	boundary idTEXT	area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)	centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
Adenta Municipal	Greater Accra Region	2480657B26321648161032	78.47	5.703203	-0.119929	geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)
Ledzokuku Municipal	Greater Accra Region	2480657B94892111901595	29.44	5.594821	-0.124979	geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)
Chereponi	North East Region	2480657B14989848452061	1383.48	10.131908	0.222667	geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)
Wa East	Upper West Region	2480657B52594370214383	4325	10.142767	-2.089898	geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)
Wa Municipal	Upper West Region	2480657B26357719954092	583.44	10.023229	-2.474687	geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	regionTEXT	boundary idTEXT	area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)	centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-region-1	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-region-2	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-region-3	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-region-4	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-region-5	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-region-6	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-region-7	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-region-8	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

255 more rows — see the plans

Get an API key

Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/districts

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 26, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 26, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: geoBoundaries ADM2

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (geoBoundaries ADM2). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Districts (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from geoBoundaries ADM2]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/districts

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/districts?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/districts?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/districts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

region

TEXT

boundary_id

TEXT

area_sqkm

DECIMAL(12,2)

centroid_latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

centroid_longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

regionTEXT

boundary idTEXT

area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)

centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

Adenta Municipal

Greater Accra Region

2480657B26321648161032

78.47

5.703203

-0.119929

geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)

Ledzokuku Municipal

Greater Accra Region

2480657B94892111901595

29.44

5.594821

-0.124979

geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)

Chereponi

North East Region

2480657B14989848452061

1383.48

10.131908

0.222667

geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)

Wa East

Upper West Region

2480657B52594370214383

4325

10.142767

-2.089898

geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)

Wa Municipal

Upper West Region

2480657B26357719954092

583.44

10.023229

-2.474687

geoBoundaries ADM2 (CC BY 4.0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

regionTEXT

boundary idTEXT

area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)

centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-region-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-region-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-region-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-region-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-region-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-region-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-region-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-region-8

example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Districts (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from geoBoundaries ADM2]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/districts

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/districts?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/districts?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/districts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]