Street Lighting

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

Street lamps across Ghana with lamp mount, support and power source where recorded — a proxy for night-time lighting coverage and public-lighting energy demand. Derived from OpenStreetMap. 2716 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵29.002,716 recordsEnergy & Environment

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT
lamp_type	TEXT
support	TEXT
power_source	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

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First 5 rows of Street Lighting
nameTEXT	lamp typeTEXT	supportTEXT	power sourceTEXT	operatorTEXT	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
—	—	—	Solar	—	Western Region	Tarkwa Nsuaem	—	5.298965	-2.00267	—	—	node/5033211751	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	—	—	Solar	—	Western Region	Tarkwa Nsuaem	—	5.298668	-2.002542	—	—	node/5033211986	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	—	—	Solar	—	Western Region	Tarkwa Nsuaem	—	5.299428	-2.002928	—	—	node/5033211987	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	—	—	Solar	—	Western Region	Tarkwa Nsuaem	—	5.298398	-2.002414	—	—	node/5033212226	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	—	—	Solar	—	Western Region	Tarkwa Nsuaem	—	5.299232	-2.00283	—	—	node/5033212227	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT	lamp typeTEXT	supportTEXT	power sourceTEXT	operatorTEXT	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-lamp_type-1	example-support-1	example-power_source-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-lamp_type-2	example-support-2	example-power_source-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-lamp_type-3	example-support-3	example-power_source-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-lamp_type-4	example-support-4	example-power_source-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-lamp_type-5	example-support-5	example-power_source-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-lamp_type-6	example-support-6	example-power_source-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-lamp_type-7	example-support-7	example-power_source-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-lamp_type-8	example-support-8	example-power_source-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

2,711 more rows — see the plans

See the plans

Endpoint

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

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

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT

lamp_type

TEXT

support

TEXT

power_source

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

lamp typeTEXT

supportTEXT

power sourceTEXT

operatorTEXT

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

—

Solar

—

Western Region

Tarkwa Nsuaem

—

5.298965

-2.00267

—

node/5033211751

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Solar

—

Western Region

Tarkwa Nsuaem

—

5.298668

-2.002542

—

node/5033211986

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Solar

—

Western Region

Tarkwa Nsuaem

—

5.299428

-2.002928

—

node/5033211987

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Solar

—

Western Region

Tarkwa Nsuaem

—

5.298398

-2.002414

—

node/5033212226

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Solar

—

Western Region

Tarkwa Nsuaem

—

5.299232

-2.00283

—

node/5033212227

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT

lamp typeTEXT

supportTEXT

power sourceTEXT

operatorTEXT

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

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example-name-3

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example-name-4

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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-website-7

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example-name-8

example-lamp_type-8

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example-power_source-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). Street lighting (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/street-lighting

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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