Regions of Ghana

At independence in March 1957, the Northern Territories, Ashanti, Trans-Volta Togoland and the Gold Coast came together to form Ghana. There were initially five regions. The Trans-Volta Togoland was combined with part of the Eastern Region and Northern Territories to form the Volta Region.

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Former region	Capital	New region	Capital
Ashanti	Kumasi	Ashanti Region	Kumasi
Eastern Province	Koforidua	Eastern Region	Koforidua
	(Keta)	Volta Region	Ho
Trans-Volta Togoland	Ho
Northern Territories	(Saboba)
	Tamale	Northern Region	Tamale
Western Province	Sekondi	Western Region	Sekondi

On 4 April 1959, the Ashanti Region was split into the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions as a result of the Brong Ahafo Region Act No. 18 of 1959.^[7] This was in line with what the Brong Kyempem movement had been campaigning for, which was the recognition of the Bono people as a separate ethnic group from the Ashantis with their own region.^[5]

On the day Ghana became a republic, 1 July 1960, the Northern Region got split into the Northern and Upper regions raising the number of regions to seven.^[5][7]

Former region	Capital	New region	Capital
Ashanti	Kumasi	Ashanti	Kumasi
		Brong-Ahafo Region	Sunyani
Eastern Region	Koforidua	Eastern Region	Koforidua
Northern Region	Tamale	Northern Region	Tamale
		Upper Region	Bolgatanga
Volta Region	Ho	Volta Region	Ho
Western Region	Sekondi	Western Region	Sekondi

During the Second Republic, the Western Region was split into the Western and Central regions, making eight regions in total. This was done ahead of the 1970 census. In 1971, Sekondi and Takoradi were merged to form Sekondi-Takoradi, the new capital of the Western Region.^[5][6]

Former region	Capital	New region	Capital
Ashanti	Kumasi	Ashanti	Kumasi
Brong-Ahafo region	Sunyani	Brong-Ahafo region	Sunyani
Eastern Region	Koforidua	Eastern Region	Koforidua
Northern Region	Tamale	Northern Region	Tamale
Upper Region	Bolgatanga	Upper Region	Bolgatanga
Volta Region	Ho	Volta Region	Ho
Western Region	Sekondi	Western Region	Sekondi-Takoradi
		Central Region	Cape Coast

The Provisional National Defence Council, which was the military government in power between 1981 and 1993, promulgated the Greater Accra Law (PNDCL 26) of 23 July 1982 which created the Greater Accra Region. The new region consisted of the Accra Capital District and the Ada Local Council, which were split off from the Eastern Region. In the following year 1983, the Upper Region was divided into the Upper East Region and Upper West Region, bringing the total number of regions to ten.^[6][7]

Former region	Capital	New region	Capital
Ashanti	Kumasi	Ashanti	Kumasi
Brong-Ahafo region	Sunyani	Brong-Ahafo region	Sunyani
Central Region	Cape Coast	Central Region	Cape Coast
Eastern Region	Koforidua	Eastern Region	Koforidua
		Greater Accra Region	Accra
Northern Region	Tamale	Northern Region	Tamale
Upper Region	Bolgatanga	Upper East Region	Bolgatanga
		Upper West Region	Wa
Volta Region	Ho	Volta Region	Ho
Western Region	Sekondi-Takoradi	Western Region	Sekondi-Takoradi

• 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

8. Official Ghana Regions