Great Accra Region | |
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 Aerial View of Accra | |
 Location of Greater Accra Region in Ghana | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Capital | Accra |
| Districts | 16 |
| Government | |
| • Regional Minister | Henry Quartey |
| • Mayor | Mohammed Adjei Sowah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 10th |
| Population (2021 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,455,692 |
| • Rank | Ranked 2nd |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | |
| • Year | 2013 |
| • Per capita | $5,150 |
| GDP (Nominal) | |
| • Year | 2013 |
| • Per capita | $2,500 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| Area code | 030 |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-AA |
| HDI (2021) |  0.707[2]high · 1st |
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres.[3] This is 1.4 per cent 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 per cent of Ghana's total population.[4][5]
The Greater Accra region is the most urbanized region in the country with 87.4% of its total population living in urban centres.[6] The capital city of Greater Accra Region is Accra which is at the same time the capital city of Ghana.
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- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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- ^ "Population & Housing Census 2010" (PDF). Ghana Statistical Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Greater Accra - Government of Ghana". Government of Ghana. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ Songsore, Jacob. "The Urban Transition in Ghana: Urbanization, National Development and Poverty Reduction" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2016.