Heritage Sites

Name: Ghana Heritage Sites
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Ghana's forts, castles, palaces, monuments and archaeological sites, including the UNESCO World Heritage properties, with heritage designation and date of construction where known. Sourced from Wikidata, CC0. 57 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.0057 recordsTourism

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
site_type	TEXT
description	TEXT
heritage_status	TEXT
inception_year	INTEGER
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
wikidata_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Heritage Sites
nameTEXT NOT NULL	site typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	heritage statusTEXT	inception yearINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Action Chapel International	church building	church in Accra, Ghana	—	1979	Greater Accra Region	La Dade-kotopon	5.62552	-0.164715	Q19903185	Wikidata (CC0)
Anglican Diocese of Ho	church building	Religious Organisation	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q97357470	Wikidata (CC0)
Anglican Diocese of Koforidua	church building	Religious Organisation	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q97357469	Wikidata (CC0)
Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral Accra	church building	—	—	—	Greater Accra Region	Accra Metropolis	5.5411	-0.206304	Q107034153	Wikidata (CC0)
Basilica of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus	church building	—	—	1930	Upper West Region	Nandom	10.857643	-2.763239	Q56295480	Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	site typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	heritage statusTEXT	inception yearINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-site_type-1	example-description-1	example-heritage_status-1	10	example-region-1	example-district-1	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-site_type-2	example-description-2	example-heritage_status-2	20	example-region-2	example-district-2	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-site_type-3	example-description-3	example-heritage_status-3	30	example-region-3	example-district-3	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-site_type-4	example-description-4	example-heritage_status-4	40	example-region-4	example-district-4	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-site_type-5	example-description-5	example-heritage_status-5	50	example-region-5	example-district-5	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-site_type-6	example-description-6	example-heritage_status-6	60	example-region-6	example-district-6	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-site_type-7	example-description-7	example-heritage_status-7	70	example-region-7	example-district-7	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-site_type-8	example-description-8	example-heritage_status-8	80	example-region-8	example-district-8	80	80	80	example-source-8

52 more rows — see the plans

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Endpoint

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

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 18, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: Wikidata

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Heritage sites (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/heritage-sites

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

site_type

TEXT

description

TEXT

heritage_status

TEXT

inception_year

INTEGER

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

site typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

heritage statusTEXT

inception yearINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Action Chapel International

church building

church in Accra, Ghana

—

1979

Greater Accra Region

La Dade-kotopon

5.62552

-0.164715

Q19903185

Wikidata (CC0)

Anglican Diocese of Ho

church building

Religious Organisation

—

Q97357470

Wikidata (CC0)

Anglican Diocese of Koforidua

church building

Religious Organisation

—

Q97357469

Wikidata (CC0)

Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral Accra

church building

—

Greater Accra Region

Accra Metropolis

5.5411

-0.206304

Q107034153

Wikidata (CC0)

Basilica of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus

church building

—

1930

Upper West Region

Nandom

10.857643

-2.763239

Q56295480

Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

site typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

heritage statusTEXT

inception yearINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

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How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Heritage sites (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/heritage-sites

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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