Regions of Ghana

Regions of Ghana
Location	Republic of Ghana
Number	16 Regions
Subdivisions	Districts

The regions of Ghana constitute the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana. There are currently sixteen regions, further divided for administrative purposes into 216 local districts.

The former ten regional boundaries were officially established in 1987, when the Upper West Region was inaugurated as the state's newest administrative region. Although the official inauguration was in 1987, the Upper West Region had already functioned as an administrative unit since the break-up of the Upper Region in December 1982, prior to the 1984 national census. The referendum on the creation of six new regions was held on December 27, 2018 – all proposed new regions were approved.

Former Region	Capital	New Region	Capital
Ashanti	Kumasi	Ashanti	Kumasi
Brong Ahafo Bono-East Ahafo	Sunyani Techiman Goaso	Bono Region	Sunyani
		Bono East Region	Techiman
		Ahafo Region	Goaso
Central	Cape Coast	Central	Cape Coast
Eastern	Koforidua	Eastern	Koforidua
Greater Accra	Accra	Greater Accra	Accra
Northern Savannah North East	Tamale Damongo Nalerigu	Northern	Tamale
		Savannah	Damongo
		North East	Nalerigu
Upper East	Bolgatanga	Upper East	Bolgatanga
Upper West	Wa	Upper West	Wa
Volta Oti Region	Ho Dambai	Volta Region	Ho
		Oti	Dambai
Western Western-North	Sekondi-Takoradi Sefwi Wiawso	Western Region	Takoradi
		Western North	Wiawso

See also

• List of Ghanaian regional ministers
• List of Ghanaian regions by area
• List of Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index
• List of Ghanaian regions by population
• ISO 3166-2:GH

General:

• Administrative divisions of Ghana