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  2. Greater Accra Region - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, Greater Accra, then referred to as Accra Capital District, was geographically part of the Eastern Region. It was, however, administered separately by the Minister responsible for local government. With effect from 23 July 1982, Greater Accra was created by the Greater Accra Region Law (PNDCL 26) as a legally separate region. [7]

  3. Accra - Wikipedia

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    The Black Star Square in Accra. Tourism in Ghana accounted for 1,087,000 international tourist arrivals in 2011. [81] Accra is the Greater Accra region's tourist hub, sporting a wide variety of hotels, monuments, museums and nightclubs.

  4. Geography of Ghana - Wikipedia

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    A plan to irrigate the Accra Plains was announced in 1984. [1] Should this plan come to reality, much of the area could be opened to large-scale cultivation. [1] To the west of Accra, the low plains contain wider valleys and rounded low hills, with occasional rocky headlands. [1] In general, however, the land is flat and covered with grass and ...

  5. Greater Accra Metropolitan Area - Wikipedia

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    Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in 2008 district boundaries. The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is a metropolitan region centered in Ghana's capital Accra.With around five million inhabitants, the metropolitan area is one of the 90 largest agglomerations in the world. [1]

  6. List of Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index

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    This is a list of regions of Ghana ... Rank Region HDI (2022) Medium human development 1: Greater Accra: 0.670 2: Eastern: 0.622 3: Ashanti: 0.618 4: Western: 0.611 5 ...

  7. Ghana - Wikipedia

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    The Ewe in Ghana speak three principal dialects: Anlo(along the coast),Tongu(along the Volta river) and Ewedome (in the hill country side).The Ga-Dangme occupy the Greater Accra Region and parts of the Eastern Region, while the Ewe are found in the Volta Region as well as the neighbouring Togo, Benin Republic and Nigeria (around Badagry area).

  8. Neighbourhoods of Accra - Wikipedia

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    The city of Accra, capital of Ghana, is officially divided into five geographical regions: North, West, East, Central and south - and eleven sub-metropolitan areas: Osu Klottey, Ablekuma North, Ablekuma South, Ayawaso Central, Ayawaso East, Ayawaso North, Ayawaso West, La, Okaikoi North, Okaikoi South, Abossey Okai, and Ashiedu Keteke.

  9. Geology of Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Paleoproterozoic rock units belonging to Birimian Supergroup, common across West Africa, dominate northwest and southwest Ghana. The Birimian Supergroup has two units, one a succession of sedimentary rocks including phyllite, tuff and greywacke overlain by conglomerate, sandstone and shale and the other a volcanic tholeiitic magma series.