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Named mines and quarries in Ghana with the commodity produced, the operating company and the year work began. Sourced from Wikidata, CC0. 13 records.
Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| name | TEXT NOT NULL |
| description | TEXT |
| commodity | TEXT |
| operator | TEXT |
| inception_year | INTEGER |
| region | TEXT |
| district | TEXT |
| latitude | DECIMAL(9,6) |
| longitude | DECIMAL(9,6) |
| wikidata_id | TEXT |
| source | TEXT |
| nameTEXT NOT NULL | descriptionTEXT | commodityTEXT | operatorTEXT | inception yearINTEGER | regionTEXT | districtTEXT | latitudeDECIMAL(9,6) | longitudeDECIMAL(9,6) | wikidata idTEXT | sourceTEXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahafo mine | mine in Ghana | gold ore | — | — | Ahafo Region | Asutifi North | 7.012475 | -2.356042 | Q16002117 | Wikidata (CC0) |
| Akyem mine | mine in Ghana | gold ore | — | — | Eastern Region | Birim North | 6.357 | -1.016 | Q116922155 | Wikidata (CC0) |
| Bibiani gold mine | inactive gold mine in Ghana | gold ore | — | — | Western North Region | Bibiani-anhwiaso-bekwai Municipal | 6.473611 | -2.306667 | Q110654521 | Wikidata (CC0) |
| Chirano Gold Mine | gold mine in Ghana | gold ore | — | — | Western North Region | Bibiani-anhwiaso-bekwai Municipal | 6.310278 | -2.383056 | Q5101849 | Wikidata (CC0) |
| Damang | human settlement in Ghana | — | — | — | Western Region | Prestea/huni Valley | 5.51211 | -1.86441 | Q109395350 | Wikidata (CC0) |
8 more rows — see the plans
See the plansGET connect.apighana.com/api/data/mines_commodities
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). Mines commodities (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/mines-commodities
curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mines_commodities?page=1&limit=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"
const response = await fetch(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mines_commodities?page=1&limit=20",
{ headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await response.json();import os, requests
response = requests.get(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mines_commodities",
headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)
rows = response.json()["data"]