Districts of Ghana

The Districts of Ghana are second-level administrative subdivisions of Ghana, below the level of region.

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 reform of the late 1980s subdivided the regions of Ghana into 110 districts, where local district assemblies should deal with the local administration. By 2006, an additional 28 districts were created by splitting some of the original 110, bringing their number up to 138. In February 2008, there were more districts created and some were upgraded to municipal status. This brought the final number to 170 districts in Ghana. Since then, a further 46 districts have been added since 28 June 2012 bringing the total to 216 districts.

The Ashanti Region of Ghana contains the following 30 districts. This is made up of 1 Metropolitan, 7 Municipal and 22 Ordinary districts. They are as follows:

The Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana was created in April 1959. It contains 27 districts. They are made up of 8 municipal and 19 ordinary districts as follows:

The Central Region of Ghana contains 20 districts. These are made up of 1 metropolitan, 6 municipal and 13 ordinary districts as follows:

The Eastern Region of Ghana contains 26 districts made up of 7 municipal and 19 ordinary districts as follows:

The Greater Accra Region of Ghana contains 16 districts made up of 2 metropolitan, 7 municipal and 7 ordinary districts as follows:

The Northern Region of Ghana contains 26 districts. 24 are ordinary districts in addition to 1 municipal and 1 metropolitan districts.:

The Upper East Region of Ghana contains 13 districts made up of 2 municipal and 11 ordinary districts as follows:

The Upper West Region of Ghana contains 11 districts consisting of 1 municipal and 10 ordinary districts as follows:

The Volta Region of Ghana contains 25 districts made up of 5 municipal and 20 ordinary districts as follows:

The Western Region of Ghana contains 22 districts made up of 1 metropolitan, 2 municipal and 19 ordinary districts as follows:

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