Residential Areas

Name: Ghana Residential Areas
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

Residential land across Ghana, with the kind of residential area where recorded — the built-up footprint of towns and estates, which is what population, utility and delivery coverage are judged against. Derived from OpenStreetMap. 20468 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵49.0020,468 recordsGeography

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT
residential_type	TEXT
operator	TEXT
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
locality	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
phone	TEXT
website	TEXT
osm_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

five records, free

First 5 rows of Residential Areas
nameTEXT	residential typeTEXT	operatorTEXT	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Nyong-Sankpayili	Residential	—	Northern Region	Karaga	—	9.884333	-0.618935	—	—	node/2515572449	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Mama Gifty Fashion	Apartments	—	Ashanti Region	Old Tafo Municipal	—	6.711766	-1.598496	—	—	node/6975278343	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Doctor's Flat	Apartments	—	Northern Region	Tamale Metropolitan	Tamale	9.396246	-0.824784	—	—	node/8909673805	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Catholic Parish House	Apartments	—	Upper West Region	Lawra	—	10.639517	-2.883704	—	—	node/9089791994	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Fots Homes	Residential	—	Greater Accra Region	La-nkwantanang-madina	—	5.754855	-0.183151	—	—	node/9190970062	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT	residential typeTEXT	operatorTEXT	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-residential_type-1	example-operator-1	example-region-1	example-district-1	example-locality-1	10	10	example-phone-1	example-website-1	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-residential_type-2	example-operator-2	example-region-2	example-district-2	example-locality-2	20	20	example-phone-2	example-website-2	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-residential_type-3	example-operator-3	example-region-3	example-district-3	example-locality-3	30	30	example-phone-3	example-website-3	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-residential_type-4	example-operator-4	example-region-4	example-district-4	example-locality-4	40	40	example-phone-4	example-website-4	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-residential_type-5	example-operator-5	example-region-5	example-district-5	example-locality-5	50	50	example-phone-5	example-website-5	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-residential_type-6	example-operator-6	example-region-6	example-district-6	example-locality-6	60	60	example-phone-6	example-website-6	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-residential_type-7	example-operator-7	example-region-7	example-district-7	example-locality-7	70	70	example-phone-7	example-website-7	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-residential_type-8	example-operator-8	example-region-8	example-district-8	example-locality-8	80	80	example-phone-8	example-website-8	80	example-source-8

20,463 more rows — see the plans

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Endpoint

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

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: OpenStreetMap contributors

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (OpenStreetMap contributors). 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). Residential areas (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/residential-areas

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT

residential_type

TEXT

operator

TEXT

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

locality

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

phone

TEXT

website

TEXT

osm_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT

residential typeTEXT

operatorTEXT

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Nyong-Sankpayili

Residential

—

Northern Region

Karaga

—

9.884333

-0.618935

—

node/2515572449

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Mama Gifty Fashion

Apartments

—

Ashanti Region

Old Tafo Municipal

—

6.711766

-1.598496

—

node/6975278343

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Doctor's Flat

Apartments

—

Northern Region

Tamale Metropolitan

Tamale

9.396246

-0.824784

—

node/8909673805

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Catholic Parish House

Apartments

—

Upper West Region

Lawra

—

10.639517

-2.883704

—

node/9089791994

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Fots Homes

Residential

—

Greater Accra Region

La-nkwantanang-madina

—

5.754855

-0.183151

—

node/9190970062

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT

residential typeTEXT

operatorTEXT

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-residential_type-1

example-operator-1

example-region-1

example-district-1

example-locality-1

example-phone-1

example-website-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-residential_type-2

example-operator-2

example-region-2

example-district-2

example-locality-2

example-phone-2

example-website-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-residential_type-3

example-operator-3

example-region-3

example-district-3

example-locality-3

example-phone-3

example-website-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-residential_type-4

example-operator-4

example-region-4

example-district-4

example-locality-4

example-phone-4

example-website-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-residential_type-5

example-operator-5

example-region-5

example-district-5

example-locality-5

example-phone-5

example-website-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-residential_type-6

example-operator-6

example-region-6

example-district-6

example-locality-6

example-phone-6

example-website-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-residential_type-7

example-operator-7

example-region-7

example-district-7

example-locality-7

example-phone-7

example-website-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-residential_type-8

example-operator-8

example-region-8

example-district-8

example-locality-8

example-phone-8

example-website-8

example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Residential areas (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/residential-areas

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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