Student Housing

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

Halls of residence and student hostels across Ghana, with the institution that operates them where recorded. Derived from OpenStreetMap. 220 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵19.00220 recordsEducation

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT
operator	TEXT
levels	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 Student Housing
nameTEXT	operatorTEXT	levelsINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
—	—	—	Greater Accra Region	Ayawaso West	—	5.651343	-0.192567	—	—	way/100307631	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	—	—	Greater Accra Region	Ayawaso West	—	5.651184	-0.192789	—	—	way/100307668	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	—	—	Greater Accra Region	Ayawaso West	—	5.651188	-0.192318	—	—	way/100307692	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	University of Health and Allied Sciences	—	Volta Region	Adaklu	—	6.599988	0.500047	—	—	way/252201669	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Choquette House Dormitory	—	—	Central Region	Assin South	—	5.454121	-1.162323	—	—	way/275392371	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT	operatorTEXT	levelsINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-operator-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-operator-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-operator-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-operator-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-operator-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-operator-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-operator-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-operator-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/student_housing

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, 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 18, 2026.

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

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Field

Type

name

TEXT

operator

TEXT

levels

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

operatorTEXT

levelsINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

—

Greater Accra Region

Ayawaso West

—

5.651343

-0.192567

—

way/100307631

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Greater Accra Region

Ayawaso West

—

5.651184

-0.192789

—

way/100307668

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Greater Accra Region

Ayawaso West

—

5.651188

-0.192318

—

way/100307692

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

University of Health and Allied Sciences

—

Volta Region

Adaklu

—

6.599988

0.500047

—

way/252201669

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Choquette House Dormitory

—

Central Region

Assin South

—

5.454121

-1.162323

—

way/275392371

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT

operatorTEXT

levelsINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-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-operator-2

example-region-2

example-district-2

example-locality-2

example-phone-2

example-website-2

example-source-2

example-name-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-operator-4

example-region-4

example-district-4

example-locality-4

example-phone-4

example-website-4

example-source-4

example-name-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-operator-6

example-region-6

example-district-6

example-locality-6

example-phone-6

example-website-6

example-source-6

example-name-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-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). Student housing (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/student-housing

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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