The
Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of
Ghana's 10 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres or 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, after the
Ashanti Region, with a population of 2,905,726 in 2000, accounting for 15.4 per cent of Ghana’s total population. The Greater Accra Region was part of the
Eastern Region prior to 1982 and Greater Accra region was created from the
Eastern Region in 1982 and currently harbors the seat of government in
Accra.