Regions of Ghana - Wikipedia Regions of Ghana This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( July 2016 ) Ghana This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Ghana Constitution Executive President ( list ) Nana Akufo - Addo Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Ministers Council of State Legislative Parliament Members of Parliament Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice : Sophia Akuffo Human rights Elections Constituencies Political parties Politicians Electoral Commission Recent elections General : 2008 2012 2016 Administrative divisions Regions Districts Foreign relations Minister for Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions Passport Nationality law Other countries Atlas Regions of Ghana The regions of Ghana constitute the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana. There are currently ten regions, further divided for administrative purposes into 216 local districts. The current 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. Region Capital Area ( km ) Population ( 2010 census ) Ashanti Kumasi 24,889 4,780,380 Brong - Ahafo Sunyani 39,557 2,310,983 Greater Accra Accra 3,245 4,010,054 Central Cape Coast 9,826 2,201,863 Eastern Koforidua 19,323 2,633,154 Northern Tamale 70,384 2,479,461 Western Sekondi - Takoradi 23,921 2,376,021 Upper East Bolgatanga 8,842 1,046,545 Upper West Wa 18,476 702,110 Volta Ho 20,570 2,118,252 See also List of Ghanaian regional ministers List of Ghanaian regions by area List of Ghanaian regions by population ISO 3166 - 2 : GH General : Administrative divisions of Ghana References Jump up ^ David Owusu - Ansah. Historical Dictionary of Ghana ( 4 ed. ). Rowman & Littlefield. p. xii. Jump up ^ Ghana at GeoHive. Ghana articles History Ashanti Empire Gold Coast First Republic ( 1960 -- 1966 ) National Liberation Council Kofi Busia Ignatius Kutu Acheampong Armed Forces Revolutionary Council Hilla Limann Provisional National Defence Council Jerry Rawlings John Kufuor John Mills John Mahama Nana Akufo - Addo Geography Cities Climate Forests Mountains National parks Protected areas Rivers Wildlife Politics Administrative divisions Constitution Cabinet Elections Foreign relations Government Human rights Judiciary Law enforcement Military Political parties Parliament President Prime Minister Economy Agriculture Cedi ( currency ) Central Bank Energy Fishing Labor Manufacturing Mining Oil Stock Exchange Telecommunications Tourism Transport Water and sanitation Society Demographics Education Ethnic groups Health Languages Religion Women Culture Cultural heritage Cuisine Festivals Media Music National anthem National pledge Public holidays Sport Social conduct Outline Index Bibliography Portal Timeline of Ghana Templates Regions of Ghana Ashanti Brong - Ahafo Central Eastern Greater Accra Northern Upper East Upper West Volta Western Articles on first - level administrative divisions of African countries Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire ( Ivory Coast ) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea - Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Table of administrative country subdivisions by country Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Ghana&oldid=847476868 '' Categories : Regions of Ghana Subdivisions of Ghana Lists of country subdivisions Country subdivisions in Africa First - level administrative country subdivisions Ghana - related lists Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles in need of updating from July 2016 All Wikipedia articles in need of updating Talk About Wikipedia Languages Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی 한국어 Italiano עברית Lietuvių Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Svenska Türkçe اردو Yorùbá 中文 12 more Edit links This page was last edited on 25 June 2018, at 16 : 50 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: how many regions do we have in ghana
Answer: ten