Greater Accra Region

The Greater Accra region (German wholesale Accra Region ) is a region of Ghana capital Accra. It is the smallest of the ten regions ( approximately 1.4% of the total area of the country) and the most densely populated ( in 2010 approximately 1,200 persons per km ²).

Geography

The region is located southeast of the country, bordered to the northwest by the Eastern Region, to the northeast and east by the Volta Region, to the south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the west by the Central Region.

Population

With 3.9 million inhabitants (2010) live on just 1.5 % of the area more than 16% of Ghana's population, however, very unequally divided between the districts. The capital Accra is the country's largest city and is home to about 57 %, more than half of the total population of the region, the district Dangme East, however, only 3%. The population has doubled from 1984 to 2000 mainly due to immigration from other parts of Ghana. Age structure and other indicators, however, suggest that the " fertility rate ", ie the population growth through births, without immigration, in recent years, was well below the national average. The population of the region is composed of several indigenous peoples and from here in the last few decades the immigrant people from all over Ghana. The largest single ethnic group in the region are the Ga with about 19 % of the total population, followed closely by the Ewe with about 18 %. If you look at the major ethnic groups that Akanvölker dominate with about 40 %, only then followed by the Ga - Adangme with almost 30 % and the Ewe with 18%. Within the Akanvölker represent the Fante and Ashanti, the largest ethnic groups, followed by the Akwapim.

Religion

More than 80 % of the population are Christians. In Accra, there is a high for southern Ghana proportion of Muslims ( 12%). The followers of traditional religions, there is a distinct difference between the large urban districts of Accra and Tema, where only 0.6% of the population each append traditional religions, and the more rural two Dangme districts in which 11 or 8% to traditional religions profess.

In particular, the figures for the followers of traditional religions are, however, only limited informational value. A high percentage of Ghana's population describes itself as Christian or Muslim, but has no problems with it, to visit traditional shrines in particular problems or concerns.

History

Steeped in history the largest portion of the region is the city of Accra. In the 15th century, founded by the Ga to drive to trade with the Europeans who built three European powers here fortresses: the British, the Dutch and the Swedes. 1877 declared the capital of the then colony of the Gold Coast, Accra soon became the political and economic center of the country - and also to the center of resistance against the colonial rule. More details see under History of Accra. After independence, the first president of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Accra said the "capital and growth center of the national economy" of Ghana and promoted the city accordingly. In 1960, she was separated as a region of the Eastern Region.

Economy

The Accra / Tema region is the economic and administrative heart of Ghana. Tema is home to the most important port in the country, the international airport in Accra Kotoka International Airport is the main airport and the two cities are connected by the railway with the two major economic centers of Sekondi- Takoradi and Kumasi. Only in the rural Dangme districts is still half of the employees in the areas of agriculture and fisheries operate.

Districts

The region is divided into sixteen districts since 2012:

• Accra Metropolitan
• Ada West ( since 2012 )
• Adenta Municipal ( since 2008)
• Ashaiman Municipal ( since 2008)
• Dangme East
• Dangme West
• Ga Central ( since 2012 )
• Ga East Municipal
• Ga South Municipal ( also: Weija Municipal; since 2008)
• Ga West Municipal
• Kpone Katamanso (since 2012)
• La Dade - Kotopon Municipal ( since 2012 )
• La Nkwantang - Madina (since 2012)
• Ledzekuku - Krowor Municipal ( since 2008)
• Ningo / Prampam (since 2012)
• Tema Metropolitan