Protected Areas Registry

Name: Ghana Protected Areas Registry
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Ghana's national parks, wildlife reserves, forest reserves and Ramsar sites as named places, with IUCN category, area and the year each was established where recorded — Mole, Kakum, Digya and the rest. 141 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵19.00141 recordsEnergy & Environment

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
area_type	TEXT
description	TEXT
iucn_category	TEXT
area_km2	DECIMAL(14,2)
established_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 Protected Areas Registry
nameTEXT NOT NULL	area typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	iucn categoryTEXT	area km2DECIMAL(14,2)	established yearINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Abisu	protected area	Protected area in Ghana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q112128941	Wikidata (CC0)
Ablekuma South	neighborhood	Ghana parliament constituency	—	—	—	Greater Accra Region	Ablekuma West Municipal	5.533333	-0.233333	Q4668085	Wikidata (CC0)
Aboma	protected area	Protected area in Ghana	—	4558	—	—	—	35.396251	115.646919	Q112128959	Wikidata (CC0)
Aboniyere Shelterbelt	protected area	Protected area in Ghana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q112128975	Wikidata (CC0)
Abrimasu	protected area	Protected area in Ghana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q112128980	Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	area typeTEXT	descriptionTEXT	iucn categoryTEXT	area km2DECIMAL(14,2)	established yearINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-area_type-1	example-description-1	example-iucn_category-1	10	10	example-region-1	example-district-1	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-area_type-2	example-description-2	example-iucn_category-2	20	20	example-region-2	example-district-2	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-area_type-3	example-description-3	example-iucn_category-3	30	30	example-region-3	example-district-3	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-area_type-4	example-description-4	example-iucn_category-4	40	40	example-region-4	example-district-4	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-area_type-5	example-description-5	example-iucn_category-5	50	50	example-region-5	example-district-5	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-area_type-6	example-description-6	example-iucn_category-6	60	60	example-region-6	example-district-6	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-area_type-7	example-description-7	example-iucn_category-7	70	70	example-region-7	example-district-7	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-area_type-8	example-description-8	example-iucn_category-8	80	80	example-region-8	example-district-8	80	80	80	example-source-8

136 more rows — see the plans

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Endpoint

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

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). Protected areas registry (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/protected-areas-registry

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

area_type

TEXT

description

TEXT

iucn_category

TEXT

area_km2

DECIMAL(14,2)

established_year

INTEGER

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

area typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

iucn categoryTEXT

area km2DECIMAL(14,2)

established yearINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Abisu

protected area

Protected area in Ghana

—

Q112128941

Wikidata (CC0)

Ablekuma South

neighborhood

Ghana parliament constituency

—

Greater Accra Region

Ablekuma West Municipal

5.533333

-0.233333

Q4668085

Wikidata (CC0)

Aboma

protected area

Protected area in Ghana

—

4558

—

35.396251

115.646919

Q112128959

Wikidata (CC0)

Aboniyere Shelterbelt

protected area

Protected area in Ghana

—

Q112128975

Wikidata (CC0)

Abrimasu

protected area

Protected area in Ghana

—

Q112128980

Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

area typeTEXT

descriptionTEXT

iucn categoryTEXT

area km2DECIMAL(14,2)

established yearINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

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example-name-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 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Protected areas registry (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/protected-areas-registry

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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