World Gazetteer

Ghana: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population

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no.	name	census 1984	census 2000	calculation 2013	annual growth	latitude	longitude	parent division	name variants	metropolitan area
1	Accra	867 459	1 659 136	2 344 703	2.70	5.56°N	0.20°W	Greater Accra		Accra
2	Kumasi	496 628	1 171 311	2 069 350	4.48	6.69°N	1.63°W	Ashanti	Coomassie, Kumassi
3	Tamale	135 952	293 879	562 919	5.13	9.40°N	0.84°W	Northern	Tamala
4	Ashiaman	50 918	150 312	298 841	5.43	5.70°N	0.33°W	Greater Accra	Achiaman	Accra
5	Takoradi	85 280	175 438	268 461	3.33	4.89°N	1.76°W	Western		Sekondi-Takoradi
6	Cape Coast	57 224	118 105	227 269	5.16	5.11°N	1.25°W	Central	Cape Coast Castle
7	Obuasi	60 617	115 564	180 334	3.48	6.19°N	1.66°W	Ashanti
8	Teshie	59 552		176 597		5.59°N	0.10°W	Greater Accra	Teshi, Tassi, Tishi	Accra
9	Tema	100 052	141 479	161 612	1.03	5.64°N	0.01°E	Greater Accra		Accra
10	Sekondi	70 214	114 157	146 832	1.96	4.94°N	1.72°W	Western		Sekondi-Takoradi
11	Madina	28 364	76 697	143 356	4.93	5.68°N	0.17°W	Greater Accra		Accra
12	Koforidua	58 731	87 315	130 810	3.16	6.09°N	0.26°W	Eastern
13	Wa	36 067	66 644	105 821	3.62	10.06°N	2.50°W	Upper West
14	Techiman	25 264	56 187	104 212	4.87	7.58°N	1.94°W	Brong-Ahafo
15	Ho	37 777	61 658	99 375	3.74	6.60°N	0.47°E	Volta
16	Sunyani	38 834	61 992	89 784	2.89	7.34°N	2.35°W	Brong-Ahafo
17	Nungua	29 146		86 431		5.60°N	0.07°W	Greater Accra	Nungwa, Nungoa	Accra
18	Lashibi	507	30 193	86 188	8.40			Greater Accra
19	Dome	1 954	29 618	84 904	8.44	5.65°N	0.23°W	Greater Accra
20	Tema New Town	31 466	58 786	83 267	2.71	5.68°N	0.07°E	Greater Accra	Tema New Village	Accra
21	Gbawe	837	28 989	80 991	8.22	5.58°N	0.30°W	Greater Accra
22	Oduponkpehe	2 597	34 719	80 820	6.72	5.53°N	0.42°W	Central
23	Ejura	18 775	29 478	75 390	7.49	7.38°N	1.37°W	Ashanti
24	Taifa	1 009	26 145	74 264	8.36			Greater Accra
25	Bawku	34 074	51 379	71 074	2.53	11.06°N	0.24°W	Upper East
26	Aflao	20 904	38 927	69 284	4.53	6.11°N	1.12°E	Volta		Lomé
27	Swedru	31 226	45 614	68 216	3.14	5.54°N	0.71°W	Central	Agona Swedru
28	Bolgatanga	32 495	49 162	68 183	2.55	10.79°N	0.85°W	Upper East
29	Tafo	25 688		62 382		6.73°N	1.62°W	Ashanti	Old Tafo
30	Berekum	22 264	39 649	62 364	3.55	7.45°N	2.59°W	Brong-Ahafo
31	Nkawkaw	31 785	43 703	61 785	2.70	6.55°N	0.78°W	Eastern
32	Oda	24 629	38 741	60 604	3.50	5.91°N	1.00°W	Eastern
33	Winneba	27 105	40 017	60 331	3.21	5.35°N	0.63°W	Central
34	Hohoe	20 994	35 277	58 155	3.92	7.15°N	0.47°E	Volta	Gbi Hohoe
35	Yendi	31 633	40 336	52 774	2.09	9.44°N	0.01°W	Northern	Uendi
36	Suhum	19 298	31 044	49 398	3.64	6.04°N	0.45°W	Eastern
37	Kintapo	13 943	28 276	49 046	4.33			Brong-Ahafo
38	Adenta East		31 070	45 409				Greater Accra
39	Nsawam	20 439	29 986	44 522	3.09	5.81°N	0.36°W	Eastern		Accra
40	Mampong	20 228	31 740	42 795	2.33	7.06°N	1.41°W	Ashanti
41	Konongo	13 677	26 735	42 550	3.64	6.62°N	1.21°W	Ashanti
42	Asamankese	23 077	34 855	39 435	0.95	5.86°N	0.67°W	Eastern
43	Wenchi	18 583	28 141	39 187	2.58	7.74°N	2.11°W	Brong-Ahafo
44	Savelugu	17 040		39 092		9.62°N	0.83°W	Northern
45	Agogo	18 879	28 271	36 797	2.05	6.80°N	1.08°W	Ashanti
46	Anloga	19 000		36 771		5.79°N	0.90°E	Volta
47	Prestea	16 900		35 760		5.44°N	2.15°W	Western
48	Effiakuma			35 094				Western	Effi Akuma
49	Tarkwa	22 107	30 631	34 941	1.02	5.30°N	2.00°W	Western
50	Elmina	17 000		33 576		5.09°N	1.35°W	Central	Edna
51	Dunkwa	16 900		33 379		5.96°N	1.79°W	Central
52	Begoro	18 200		29 516		6.38°N	0.39°W	Eastern
53	Kpandu	15 700		28 917		7.00°N	0.30°E	Volta
54	Kintampo	13 900		27 921		8.05°N	1.73°W	Brong-Ahafo
55	Axim	13 100		27 719		4.87°N	2.24°W	Western
56	Navrongo			27 524		10.89°N	1.09°W	Upper East
57	Apam	13 400		26 466		5.29°N	0.73°W	Central
58	Salaga	11 400		26 153		8.54°N	0.52°W	Northern
59	Saltpond	12 500		24 689		5.20°N	1.06°W	Central
60	Akwatia			23 766		6.05°N	0.80°W	Eastern
61	Shama	11 200		23 699		5.00°N	1.65°W	Western	Shama Junction	Sekondi-Takoradi
62	Keta	12 600		23 207		5.91°N	0.99°E	Volta	Quittah
63	Nyakrom	11 600		22 911		5.63°N	0.88°W	Central	Nyakrum
64	Bibiani	10 200		21 583		6.46°N	2.33°W	Western
65	Somanya	12 700		20 596		6.11°N	0.11°W	Eastern
66	Foso	10 400		20 541		5.70°N	1.29°W	Central
67	Aburi	11 531		18 701		5.85°N	0.18°W	Eastern		Accra
68	Mumford	9 300		18 368		5.27°N	0.75°W	Central	Dwomba
69	Bechem	8 800		17 677		7.09°N	2.03°W	Brong-Ahafo	Bekyem
70	Duayaw Nkwanta	8 700		17 476		7.17°N	2.10°W	Brong-Ahafo	Nkwanta
71	Kade	10 200		16 542		6.09°N	0.84°W	Eastern
72	Anomabu	6 800		14 389		5.43°N	2.10°W	Western	Anomabo
73	Akropong	8 500		13 785		5.97°N	0.09°W	Eastern
74	Kete-Krachi	6 400		11 788		7.80°N	0.02°W	Volta	Kete-Krashi
75	Kibi	7 200		11 677		6.16°N	0.56°W	Eastern	Kibbi
76	Kpandae	5 030		11 540		8.47°N	0.02°W	Northern
77	Mpraeso	6 900		11 190		6.58°N	0.73°W	Eastern
78	Akim Swedru	6 400		10 379		5.90°N	1.02°W	Eastern
79	Aboso	4 700		9 945		5.37°N	1.93°W	Western
80	Bekwai	2 169		5 267		6.45°N	1.58°W	Ashanti

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