Notable Buildings

Name: Ghana Notable Buildings
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Buildings in Ghana with a record of their own — towers, stadiums, churches, mosques, hotels, government offices and houses of note — with the year built, height, floor count and architect where known. 2795 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵29.002,795 recordsGeography

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
building_type	TEXT
description	TEXT
built_year	INTEGER
height_m	DECIMAL(10,2)
floors	INTEGER
architect	TEXT
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
wikidata_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

five records, free

First 5 rows of Notable Buildings
nameTEXT NOT NULL	building typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	built yearINTEGER	height mDECIMAL(10,2)	floorsINTEGER	architectTEXT	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
@Home Boutique B&B Hostel and Suite	hotel	hotel in Accra, Ghana	—	—	—	—	Greater Accra Region	La Dade-kotopon	5.55609	-0.17481	Q112011553	Wikidata (CC0)
@Home Boutique Hostel	hostel	hostel in Accra	—	—	—	—	Greater Accra Region	La Dade-kotopon	5.557265	-0.174468	Q111126971	Wikidata (CC0)
17th January Guest House	hotel	hotel in Ghana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q116249076	Wikidata (CC0)
1st Star Chalets	hotel	hotel in Ghana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q115256700	Wikidata (CC0)
1st Stop Guest House	hotel	hotel in Ghana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q116248871	Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	building typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	built yearINTEGER	height mDECIMAL(10,2)	floorsINTEGER	architectTEXT	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-building_type-1	example-description-1	10	10	10	example-architect-1	example-region-1	example-district-1	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-building_type-2	example-description-2	20	20	20	example-architect-2	example-region-2	example-district-2	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-building_type-3	example-description-3	30	30	30	example-architect-3	example-region-3	example-district-3	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-building_type-4	example-description-4	40	40	40	example-architect-4	example-region-4	example-district-4	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-building_type-5	example-description-5	50	50	50	example-architect-5	example-region-5	example-district-5	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-building_type-6	example-description-6	60	60	60	example-architect-6	example-region-6	example-district-6	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-building_type-7	example-description-7	70	70	70	example-architect-7	example-region-7	example-district-7	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-building_type-8	example-description-8	80	80	80	example-architect-8	example-region-8	example-district-8	80	80	80	example-source-8

2,790 more rows — see the plans

See the plans

Endpoint

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

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, 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 26, 2026.

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

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

building_type

TEXT

description

TEXT

built_year

INTEGER

height_m

DECIMAL(10,2)

floors

INTEGER

architect

TEXT

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

building typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

built yearINTEGER

height mDECIMAL(10,2)

floorsINTEGER

architectTEXT

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

@Home Boutique B&B Hostel and Suite

hotel

hotel in Accra, Ghana

—

Greater Accra Region

La Dade-kotopon

5.55609

-0.17481

Q112011553

Wikidata (CC0)

@Home Boutique Hostel

hostel

hostel in Accra

—

Greater Accra Region

La Dade-kotopon

5.557265

-0.174468

Q111126971

Wikidata (CC0)

17th January Guest House

hotel

hotel in Ghana

—

Q116249076

Wikidata (CC0)

1st Star Chalets

hotel

hotel in Ghana

—

Q115256700

Wikidata (CC0)

1st Stop Guest House

hotel

hotel in Ghana

—

Q116248871

Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

building typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

built yearINTEGER

height mDECIMAL(10,2)

floorsINTEGER

architectTEXT

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

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example-name-5

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example-name-6

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example-name-7

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example-name-8

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example-description-8

example-architect-8

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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 26, 2026.

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

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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