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Greater Accra Region

Region

Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometers, 1.4 percent of Ghana's total land area. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in the 2021 census, accounting for 17.7 percent of Ghana's total population, and its capital is Accra. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Accra 1
Population
5,455,692 1
2021 figure from Greater Accra Region's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Area (sq km)
3245 1
Admission Year
1982 1
Greater Accra Region
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Accra

Greater Accra Region
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Associated With

Accra, Cities

accra is associated with greater-accra-region.

Source Greater Accra Region (Wikipedia)
Ghana, Countries

Greater Accra Region is a region of Ghana.

Source Greater Accra Region (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Accra, Cities

accra is the capital of greater-accra-region.

Source Greater Accra Region (Wikipedia)
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Accra Brewery Limited

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Source Wikidata: Accra Brewery Limitedtier 2
Agricultural Development Bank of Ghana

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Source Wikipedia: Agricultural Development Bank of Ghanatier 2
Sources
1. Greater Accra Region (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4% of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7% of Ghana's total population.
  • Infobox, capital
    Accra
  • Lead section
    It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7% of Ghana's total population.
  • Infobox, area
    3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi)
  • Lead section, establishment-year sentence
    With effect from 23 July 1982, Greater Accra was created by the Greater Accra Region Law (PNDCL 26) as a legally separate region.
  • Part Of: Ghana, Lead paragraph
    kilometres. This is 1.4% of the total land area of Ghana.
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Wikidata: Greater Accra Region
Wikidata Q431729, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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