Named Roads

Name: Ghana Named Roads
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Ghana's named roads, highways and motorways with their route number and length where recorded — the N1, the N6 and the rest, as named routes rather than as mapped geometry. 178 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵19.00178 recordsTransport

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
road_type	TEXT
description	TEXT
route_number	TEXT
length_km	DECIMAL(12,2)
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 Named Roads
nameTEXT NOT NULL	road typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	route numberTEXT	length kmDECIMAL(12,2)	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Accra Tema railway line	thoroughfare	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q116297361	Wikidata (CC0)
Accra-Kumasi Expressway	thoroughfare	proposed expressway in Ghana	—	198.7	—	—	—	—	Q137722697	Wikidata (CC0)
Accra–Winneba Highway	thoroughfare	road in Ghana	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q4672828	Wikidata (CC0)
Achimota Forest Road	thoroughfare	major road in Achimota	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q116971935	Wikidata (CC0)
Adome Bridge	thoroughfare	arch suspension bridge across the Volta River downstream of the Akosombo Dam in Atimpoku, Ghana in West Africa	—	336	Volta Region	Asuogyaman	6.239444	0.095556	Q167088	Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	road typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	route numberTEXT	length kmDECIMAL(12,2)	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-road_type-1	example-description-1	example-route_number-1	10	example-region-1	example-district-1	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-road_type-2	example-description-2	example-route_number-2	20	example-region-2	example-district-2	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-road_type-3	example-description-3	example-route_number-3	30	example-region-3	example-district-3	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-road_type-4	example-description-4	example-route_number-4	40	example-region-4	example-district-4	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-road_type-5	example-description-5	example-route_number-5	50	example-region-5	example-district-5	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-road_type-6	example-description-6	example-route_number-6	60	example-region-6	example-district-6	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-road_type-7	example-description-7	example-route_number-7	70	example-region-7	example-district-7	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-road_type-8	example-description-8	example-route_number-8	80	example-region-8	example-district-8	80	80	80	example-source-8

173 more rows — see the plans

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Endpoint

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

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, 2026had warnings
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). Named roads (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/named-roads

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

road_type

TEXT

description

TEXT

route_number

TEXT

length_km

DECIMAL(12,2)

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

road typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

route numberTEXT

length kmDECIMAL(12,2)

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Accra Tema railway line

thoroughfare

—

Q116297361

Wikidata (CC0)

Accra-Kumasi Expressway

thoroughfare

proposed expressway in Ghana

—

198.7

—

Q137722697

Wikidata (CC0)

Accra–Winneba Highway

thoroughfare

road in Ghana

—

Q4672828

Wikidata (CC0)

Achimota Forest Road

thoroughfare

major road in Achimota

—

Q116971935

Wikidata (CC0)

Adome Bridge

thoroughfare

arch suspension bridge across the Volta River downstream of the Akosombo Dam in Atimpoku, Ghana in West Africa

—

336

Volta Region

Asuogyaman

6.239444

0.095556

Q167088

Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

road typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

route numberTEXT

length kmDECIMAL(12,2)

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-road_type-1

example-description-1

example-route_number-1

example-region-1

example-district-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-road_type-2

example-description-2

example-route_number-2

example-region-2

example-district-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-road_type-3

example-description-3

example-route_number-3

example-region-3

example-district-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-road_type-4

example-description-4

example-route_number-4

example-region-4

example-district-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-road_type-5

example-description-5

example-route_number-5

example-region-5

example-district-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-road_type-6

example-description-6

example-route_number-6

example-region-6

example-district-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-road_type-7

example-description-7

example-route_number-7

example-region-7

example-district-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-road_type-8

example-description-8

example-route_number-8

example-region-8

example-district-8

example-source-8

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). Named roads (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/named-roads

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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