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Maps. Presidential election results by constituency Parliamentary election results by constituency Show all. General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. [1]
Bogoso explosion. / 5.58500°N 2.04639°W / 5.58500; -2.04639. On 20 January 2022, a large explosion occurred along the Tarkwa-Bogoso-Ayamfuri road in Western Region, Ghana, after a truck transporting mining explosives collided with a motorcycle. The explosion levelled the nearby Apiate village, killing 13 people and injuring 200.
e. Geographic terrestrial plains of Ghana. The administrative divisions of the Republic of Ghana consist of four geographic terrestrial plains and 16 regions. [1] For local government, there are a total of 261 districts including 145 ordinary districts, 109 municipal districts, and six metropolitan districts. [2]
Central Region (Ghana) (2021 Census) The Central Region is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. It is bordered by Ashanti and Eastern regions to the north, Western region to the west, Greater Accra region to the east, and to the south by the Gulf of Guinea. The Central Region is renowned for its many elite high schools and an ...
t. e. The regions of Ghana are the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana. As of 2020, there are 16 regions, [1] which are further divided for administrative purposes into 260 local metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (or MMDA's) .
v. t. e. General elections will be held in Ghana on 7 December 2024 to elect the president and members of Parliament. [1] [2] Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo is term-limited and thus ineligible to run again.
Electoral system of Ghana. The presidential election is won by having more than 50% of valid votes cast, whilst the parliamentary elections is won by simple majority, and, as is predicted by Duverger's law, the voting system has encouraged Ghanaian politics into a two-party system, creating extreme difficulty for anybody attempting to achieve electoral success under any banner other than those ...
0.520 [4] low · 8th. The Upper East Region is located in northern Ghana [5] and is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. The Upper East regional capital is Bolgatanga, sometimes referred to as Bolga.