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Encyclopedia > Accra Metropolis District
Accra Metropolis District
Region Greater Accra Region
District type Metropolitan
District Chief Executive Stanley N. A. Blankson
Capital Accra
Area 185 km²
Population (2002) 1,659,136
ISO 3166 GH-AA-AC

The Accra Metropolis District is a district of Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. Ghana is divided into ten regions (capitals in parentheses): Ashanti Region (Kumasi) Brong-Ahafo Region (Sunyani) Central Region (Cape Coast) Eastern Region (Koforidua) Greater Accra Region (Accra) Northern Region (Tamale) Upper East Region (Bolgatanga) Upper West Region (Wa) Volta Region (Ho) Western Region (Sekondi-Takoradi) See also List of Ghanaian... The Greater Accra Region is one of Ghanas tem administrative regions. ... The skyline Location of Accra Labadi Beach Downtown Accra Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... ISO 3166 is a three-part geographic coding standard for coding the names of countries and dependent areas, and the principal subdivisions thereof. ... The Districts of Ghana were re-organized in 1988/1989 in an attempt to decentralize the government and to combat the rampant corruption amongst officials. ... The Greater Accra Region is one of Ghanas tem administrative regions. ...


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