Settlements

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

Cities, towns, villages and suburbs in Ghana with region, district and coordinates. Derived from OpenStreetMap. 7241 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵49.007,241 recordsGeography

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
place_type	TEXT
population	INTEGER
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
locality	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
phone	TEXT
website	TEXT
osm_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Settlements
nameTEXT NOT NULL	place typeTEXT	populationINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Accra	City	2388000	Greater Accra Region	Korle Klottey Municipal	—	5.55711	-0.201238	—	—	node/27565080	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Airport Residential Area	Suburb	—	Greater Accra Region	Ayawaso West	—	5.605366	-0.183314	—	—	node/30748407	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Cantonments	Suburb	—	Greater Accra Region	La Dade-kotopon	—	5.584156	-0.169249	—	—	node/30748419	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Dzorwulu	Suburb	—	Greater Accra Region	Ayawaso West	—	5.612307	-0.203837	—	—	node/30748429	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Abelenkpe	Suburb	—	Greater Accra Region	Ayawaso North Municipal	—	5.608004	-0.217334	—	—	node/30748442	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	place typeTEXT	populationINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-place_type-1	10	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-place_type-2	20	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-place_type-3	30	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-place_type-4	40	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-place_type-5	50	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-place_type-6	60	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-place_type-7	70	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-place_type-8	80	example-region-8	example-district-8	example-locality-8	80	80	example-phone-8	example-website-8	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

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

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). Settlements (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/settlements

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

place_type

TEXT

population

INTEGER

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

locality

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

phone

TEXT

website

TEXT

osm_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

place typeTEXT

populationINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Accra

City

2388000

Greater Accra Region

Korle Klottey Municipal

—

5.55711

-0.201238

—

node/27565080

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Airport Residential Area

Suburb

—

Greater Accra Region

Ayawaso West

—

5.605366

-0.183314

—

node/30748407

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Cantonments

Suburb

—

Greater Accra Region

La Dade-kotopon

—

5.584156

-0.169249

—

node/30748419

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Dzorwulu

Suburb

—

Greater Accra Region

Ayawaso West

—

5.612307

-0.203837

—

node/30748429

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Abelenkpe

Suburb

—

Greater Accra Region

Ayawaso North Municipal

—

5.608004

-0.217334

—

node/30748442

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

place typeTEXT

populationINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-place_type-1

example-region-1

example-district-1

example-locality-1

example-phone-1

example-website-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-place_type-2

example-region-2

example-district-2

example-locality-2

example-phone-2

example-website-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-place_type-3

example-region-3

example-district-3

example-locality-3

example-phone-3

example-website-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-place_type-4

example-region-4

example-district-4

example-locality-4

example-phone-4

example-website-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-place_type-5

example-region-5

example-district-5

example-locality-5

example-phone-5

example-website-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-place_type-6

example-region-6

example-district-6

example-locality-6

example-phone-6

example-website-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-place_type-7

example-region-7

example-district-7

example-locality-7

example-phone-7

example-website-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-place_type-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). Settlements (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/settlements

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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