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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD_(%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Цэнтральны рэгіён (Гана) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Цэнтральны рэгіён (Гана)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD_(%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Цэнтральны рэгіён (Гана) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Цэнтральны рэгіён (Гана)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Централен регион (Гана) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Централен регион (Гана)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_(Ghana)" title="Central (Ghana) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Central (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3_Central_(Ghana)" title="Regió Central (Ghana) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regió Central (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Region_(rehiyon_sa_Ghana)" title="Central Region (rehiyon sa Ghana) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Central Region (rehiyon sa Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Region" title="Central Region – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Central Region" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_(Ghana)" title="Central (Ghana) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Central (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Region_(Ghana)" title="Central Region (Ghana) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Central Region (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_Central_(Ghana)" title="Región Central (Ghana) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región Central (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centra_Regiono_(Ganao)" title="Centra Regiono (Ganao) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Centra Regiono (Ganao)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gur mw-list-item"><a href="https://gur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Region" title="Central Region – Frafra" lang="gur" hreflang="gur" data-title="Central Region" data-language-autonym="Farefare" data-language-local-name="Frafra" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Farefare</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C_(%D8%BA%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="منطقه مرکزی (غنا) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="منطقه مرکزی (غنا)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_du_Centre_(Ghana)" title="Région du Centre (Ghana) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Région du Centre (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A4%91%EC%95%99%EC%A3%BC_(%EA%B0%80%EB%82%98)" title="중앙주 (가나) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="중앙주 (가나)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankin_Tsakiya_(Ghana)" title="Yankin Tsakiya (Ghana) – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Yankin Tsakiya (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_Central_(Ghana)" title="Region Central (Ghana) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Region Central (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regione_Centrale_(Ghana)" title="Regione Centrale (Ghana) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regione Centrale (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Kati,_Ghana" title="Mkoa wa Kati, Ghana – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Kati, Ghana" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidurio_regionas_(Gana)" title="Vidurio regionas (Gana) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vidurio regionas (Gana)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90)" title="ცენტრალური რეგიონი (განა) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ცენტრალური რეგიონი (განა)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fat mw-list-item"><a href="https://fat.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finimfin_Mant%C9%94w(_Central_region_Ghana)" title="Finimfin Mantɔw( Central region Ghana) – Fanti" lang="fat" hreflang="fat" data-title="Finimfin Mantɔw( Central region Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Mfantse" data-language-local-name="Fanti" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mfantse</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_(Ghana)" title="Central (Ghana) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Central (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E5%B7%9E" title="セントラル州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="セントラル州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_(Regiuun_uun_Ghaana)" title="Central (Regiuun uun Ghaana) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Central (Regiuun uun Ghaana)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_(Ghana)" title="Central (Ghana) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Central (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_Centralny_(Ghana)" title="Region Centralny (Ghana) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Region Centralny (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_(Gana)" title="Central (Gana) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Central (Gana)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiunea_Central%C4%83,_Ghana" title="Regiunea Centrală, Ghana – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Regiunea Centrală, Ghana" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_(%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Центральная область (Гана) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Центральная область (Гана)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralin_hallintoalue_(Ghana)" title="Centralin hallintoalue (Ghana) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Centralin hallintoalue (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrala_regionen_(Ghana)" title="Centrala regionen (Ghana) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Centrala regionen (Ghana)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitnang_Rehiyon,_Ghana" title="Gitnang Rehiyon, Ghana – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Gitnang Rehiyon, Ghana" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkez_B%C3%B6lgesi_(Gana)" title="Merkez Bölgesi (Gana) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Merkez Bölgesi (Gana)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Region" title="Central Region – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Central Region" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_(%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Центральна область (Гана) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Центральна область (Гана)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%81_(%DA%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="وسطی علاقہ (گھانا) – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="وسطی علاقہ (گھانا)" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E9%83%A8%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%EF%BC%88%E5%8A%A0%E7%BA%B3%EF%BC%89" title="中部地区(加纳) – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="中部地区(加纳)" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh 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in Ghana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ghana_-_Central.svg/150px-Ghana_-_Central.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ghana_-_Central.svg/225px-Ghana_-_Central.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ghana_-_Central.svg/300px-Ghana_-_Central.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="964" data-file-height="1304" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Central Region in Ghana</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast" title="Cape Coast">Cape Coast</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>17</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ghanaian_regional_ministers" title="List of Ghanaian regional ministers">Regional Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kwamena_Duncan" title="Kwamena Duncan">Kwamena Duncan</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,826 km<sup>2</sup> (3,794 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ghanaian_regions_by_area" title="List of Ghanaian regions by area">Ranked 8th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021 Census)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,859,821</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ghanaian_regions_by_population" title="List of Ghanaian regions by population">Ranked 4th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">290/km<sup>2</sup> (750/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">GDP (PPP)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2013</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$5,150</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Nominal_GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="Nominal GDP">GDP (Nominal)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2013</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$3,500</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/GMT" class="mw-redirect" title="GMT">GMT</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Ghana" title="Telephone numbers in Ghana">033</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GH" title="ISO 3166-2:GH">GH-CP</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2017)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">0.633<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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Ashanti and Eastern regions border it to the north, Western region to the west, Greater Accra region to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The Central Region is renowned for its many elite high schools and an economy based on an abundance of <a href="/wiki/Industrial_mineral" title="Industrial mineral">industrial minerals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a>. The Central region boasts of many tourist attractions, such as <a href="/wiki/Ghana%E2%80%99s_material_cultural_heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghana’s material cultural heritage">castles, forts</a> and beaches dotted along the region's coastline. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv/220px--Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="21" data-mwtitle="Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv/Beach_on_the_coast_of_Winneba_in_the_Central_region.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Theora" title="Theora">Theora</a> <a href="/wiki/Video" title="Video">Video</a> of <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beach</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Coast" title="Coast">coast</a> of <a href="/wiki/Winneba" title="Winneba">Winneba</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Effutu_Municipal_District" title="Effutu Municipal District">Effutu Municipal</a> of the Central region.</figcaption></figure></div></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_tourism">Economy and tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_region_(Ghana)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Economy and tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Region is a hub of education, with some of the best schools in the country. The region's economy is dominated by <a href="/wiki/Service_(economics)" title="Service (economics)">services</a>, followed by <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast_Castle" title="Cape Coast Castle">Cape Coast Castle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elmina_Castle" title="Elmina Castle">Elmina Castle</a> are prominent <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Sites">UNESCO World Heritage Sites</a> and serve as a reminder of the Trans-Atlantic <a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery" title="History of slavery">slave trade</a>. The Central Region is a major center for <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> within Ghana and it has <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national parks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kakum_National_Park" title="Kakum National Park">Kakum National Park</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> made his first international trip to the city of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast" title="Cape Coast">Cape Coast</a> in 2009. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="width:auto;max-width:1208px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elmina_castle,_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of Elmina Castle that was erected by Portuguese in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine) Castle, also known simply as Mina or Feitoria da Mina) in present-day Elmina, Ashantiland (formerly the Gold Coast region). It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, so is the oldest European building in existence below the Sahara. First established as a trade settlement, the castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade. The Dutch seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637, and took over all the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1642. The slave trade continued under the Dutch people until 1814. Today Elmina Castle is a historical site, and was a filming location for Werner Herzog's 1987 drama film Cobra Verde. The castle is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Elmina_castle%2C_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg/1200px-Elmina_castle%2C_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg" decoding="async" width="1200" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Elmina_castle%2C_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg/1800px-Elmina_castle%2C_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Elmina_castle%2C_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg/2400px-Elmina_castle%2C_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3860" data-file-height="770" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Elmina_castle,_Ghana_2014-05-07_08-34.jpg" title="File:Elmina castle, Ghana 2014-05-07 08-34.jpg"> </a></div><a href="/wiki/Panorama" title="Panorama">Panorama</a> of <a href="/wiki/Elmina_Castle" title="Elmina Castle">Elmina Castle</a> that was erected by <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina (<i>St. George of the Mine</i>) Castle, also known simply as <i>Mina</i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Factory_(trading_post)" title="Factory (trading post)">Feitoria</a> da Mina</i>) in present-day <a href="/wiki/Elmina" title="Elmina">Elmina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashantiland" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashantiland">Ashantiland</a> (formerly the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(region)" title="Gold Coast (region)">Gold Coast region</a>). It was the first trading post built on the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a>, so is the oldest European building in existence below the <a href="/wiki/Sahara" title="Sahara">Sahara</a>. First established as a trade settlement, the castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade" title="Atlantic slave trade">Atlantic slave trade</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637, and took over all the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Gold_Coast" title="Portuguese Gold Coast">Portuguese Gold Coast</a> in 1642. The slave trade continued under the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch people</a> until 1814. Today Elmina Castle is a historical site, and was a filming location for <a href="/wiki/Werner_Herzog" title="Werner Herzog">Werner Herzog</a>'s 1987 drama film <i><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Verde" title="Cobra Verde">Cobra Verde</a></i>. 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Adisadel_College.jpg/228px-Adisadel_College.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Adisadel_College.jpg/304px-Adisadel_College.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Adisadel_College" title="Adisadel College">Adisadel College</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Ghana" title="Education in Ghana">Education in Ghana</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_Universities">Public Universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_region_(Ghana)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Public Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Cape_Coast" title="University of Cape Coast">University of Cape Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Education,_Winneba" title="University of Education, Winneba">University of Education, Winneba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast_Technical_University" title="Cape Coast Technical University">Cape Coast Technical University</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Private_Universities">Private Universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_region_(Ghana)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Private Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KAAF_University_College" title="KAAF University College">KAAF University College</a></li> <li>Marysons College, Cape Coast</li> <li>Pan African Christian University College</li> <li>Nduom School of Business and Technology</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training_Colleges_and_Polytechnics">Training Colleges and Polytechnics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_region_(Ghana)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Training Colleges and Polytechnics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>OLA Training College, Old Elmina Road, Cape Coast</li> <li>Presbyterian Women Training College</li> <li>Gladmond Vocational Institute, Abura/Asebu/Kwamank</li> <li>Methodist Voc Trg Centre, Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese</li> <li>Archbishop Porter's Polytechnic, Cape Coast</li> <li>Fosu College of Education, Assin Fosu.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komenda_College_of_Education" title="Komenda College of Education">Komenda College of Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Komenda,_Ghana" title="Komenda, Ghana">Komenda</a>.</li> <li>Assinman Nursing and Midwifery Training College</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ccnmtc.edu.gh">Cape Coast Nursing and Midwifery Training College</a></li> <li>Police Command and Staff Training College, Winneba</li> <li>College of Community Nursing, Winneba</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senior_High_Schools">Senior High Schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_region_(Ghana)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Senior High Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_schools_in_Ghana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of high schools in Ghana (page does not exist)">List of high schools in Ghana</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Aburaman Senior High School, Abura/Asebu/Kwamank</li> <li>Academy of Christ the King, Cape Coast</li> <li>Adankwaman Sec/Comm, Assin Darman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adisadel_College" title="Adisadel College">Adisadel College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aggrey_Memorial_A.M.E._Zion_Senior_High_School" title="Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School">Aggrey Memorial Senior High School</a>, Cape Coast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apam_Senior_High_School" title="Apam Senior High School">Apam Senior High School</a></li> <li>Assin Manso Senior High School, Assin Manso</li> <li>Assin North Sec/Tech, Assin Asempanaye</li> <li>Assin Nsuta Senior High School, Assin Nsuta</li> <li>Assin State College, Assin Bereku</li> <li>Awutu-Winton Senior High School, Awutu/Efutu/Senya</li> <li>Besease Sec/Comm, Ajumako Besease</li> <li>Boa-Amponsem Senior High School, DUNKWA-ON-OFFIN</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breman_Asikuma_Senior_High_School" title="Breman Asikuma Senior High School">Breman Asikuma Senior High School</a>, Asikuma/Od/Brakwa</li> <li>Charity Comm Sch, Twifo Hemang</li> <li>Charity International Senior High School, Gomoa Manso</li> <li>Diaso Senior High School, Upper Denkyira</li> <li>Dunkwa Sec/Tech, Dunkwa -On-Offin</li> <li>Edinaman Day Senior School, Edin/Kom/Eguafo</li> <li>Effutu Sec/Tech, Cape Coast</li> <li>Ekumfi T.I Ahmadiyya Senior High School, Ekumfi Ekroful</li> <li>Eguafo-Abrem Senior High School, Edin/Kom/Eguafo</li> <li>Enyan Denkyira Senior High, Abura/Asebu/Kwamank</li> <li>Eyan Denkyira Senior High School, Ajumako/Enyan/Esiam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_National_College" title="Ghana National College">Ghana National College</a></li> <li>Gomoa Sec/Tech, Gomoa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Child_High_School,_Ghana" title="Holy Child High School, Ghana">Holy Child High School, Ghana</a></li> <li>Insaanyya Senior High Business School, Kasoa</li> <li>Jukwa Senior High, Twifo Hemang</li> <li>Komenda Senior High School Edin/Kom/Eguafo</li> <li>Kumfi T. I Ahmadiiyya Senior High, Abura/Asebu/Kwamank</li> <li>Kwanyako Senior High School, Agona Kwanyako</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kwegyir_Aggrey_Senior_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kwegyir Aggrey Senior High School (page does not exist)">Kwegyir Aggrey Senior High School</a></li> <li>Mando Day Senior High School, Ajumako/Enyan/Esiam</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mankessim_Sec/Tech,_Mankessim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mankessim Sec/Tech, Mankessim (page does not exist)">Mankessim Sec/Tech, Mankessim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mfantsiman_Girls%27_Secondary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School">Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mfantsipim_School" title="Mfantsipim School">Mfantsipim School</a></li> <li>MOSECO, Kasoa</li> <li>Nsaba Presby Senior High, Agona Nsaba</li> <li>Nyakrom Day Senior High, Agona Nyakrom</li> <li>Nyankumase Ahenkro Senior High, Fante Nyankomase</li> <li>Obama College, Mankessim</li> <li>Obiri Yeboah Senior High, Assin Fosu</li> <li>Obrakyere Sec/Tech Awutu/Efutu/Senya</li> <li>Odoben Senior High, Asikuma/Od/Brakwa</li> <li>Oguaa Sec/Tech, Cape Coast</li> <li>Pank Secondary Business College, Awutu Bawjiase</li> <li>Potsin T.I Ahm Senior High School, Gomoa Potsin</li> <li>S.D.A Senior High School, Gomoa Manso</li> <li>Saltpond Meth. Senior High, Saltpond</li> <li>Sammo Senior High School, Cape Coast</li> <li>Senya Senior High</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Augustine%27s_College_(Cape_Coast)" title="St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast)">St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swedru_School_of_Business&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swedru School of Business (page does not exist)">Swedru School of Business</a></li> <li>Swedru Senior high, Agona Swedru</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Practice_Senior_High_School" title="University Practice Senior High School">University Practice Senior High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Girls%27_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Wesley Girls' High School">Wesley Girls' High School</a></li> <li>Winneba Senior High, Winneba</li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Moree Senior High Technical School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_region_(Ghana)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Region is well known for its varied choices in cuisine. Etsew and Fantefante (fresh fish palm oil stew) is the main dish enjoyed. <a href="/wiki/Kenkey" title="Kenkey">Kenkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fufu" title="Fufu">Fufu</a> are both eaten with a variety of sauces, stews, and soups. Seafood is commonly eaten across the Central Region. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:443px;max-width:443px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:237px;max-width:237px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:African_threadfish_Ghana_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/African_threadfish_Ghana_2.jpg/235px-African_threadfish_Ghana_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/African_threadfish_Ghana_2.jpg/353px-African_threadfish_Ghana_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/African_threadfish_Ghana_2.jpg/470px-African_threadfish_Ghana_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="326" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/African_threadfish" title="African threadfish">African threadfish</a> (<i>Alectis alexandrina</i>), from Cape Coast on the <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">Peninsula</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashantiland" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashantiland">Ashantiland</a>.</div></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_jack_Ghana.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Black_jack_Ghana.JPG/200px-Black_jack_Ghana.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Black_jack_Ghana.JPG/300px-Black_jack_Ghana.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Black_jack_Ghana.JPG/400px-Black_jack_Ghana.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1414" data-file-height="816" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Black_jack_(fish)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black jack (fish)">Black jack fish</a> (<i>Caranx lugubris</i>), from Cape Coast on the <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">Peninsula</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashantiland" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashantiland">Ashantiland</a>.</div></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_region_(Ghana)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 22 MMDA's (made up of 1 Metropolitan, 7 Municipal and 14 District Assemblies).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Member of Parliament </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese_District" title="Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese District">Abura Asebu Kwamankese</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abura-Dunkwa" title="Abura-Dunkwa">Abura-Dunkwa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (Ghana parliament constituency)">Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Morris_Donkoh" title="Elvis Morris Donkoh">Elvis Morris Donkoh</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Agona_East_District" title="Agona East District">Agona East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nsaba" title="Nsaba">Nsaba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agona_East_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Agona East (Ghana parliament constituency)">Agona East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queenstar_Pokuah_Sawyerr" title="Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr">Queenstar Pokua Sawyerr</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Agona_West_Municipal_District" title="Agona West Municipal District">Agona West Municipal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agona_Swedru" title="Agona Swedru">Agona Swedru</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agona_West_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Agona West (Ghana parliament constituency)">Agona West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Mamle_Morrison" title="Cynthia Mamle Morrison">Cynthia Mamle Morrison</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajumako/Enyan/Essiam_District" title="Ajumako/Enyan/Essiam District">Ajumako Enyan Essiam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajumako" title="Ajumako">Ajumako</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam (Ghana parliament constituency)">Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cassiel_Ato_Forson" title="Cassiel Ato Forson">Cassiel Ato Baah Forson</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asikuma/Odoben/Brakwa_District" title="Asikuma/Odoben/Brakwa District">Asikuma Odoben Brakwa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Breman_Asikuma" title="Breman Asikuma">Breman Asikuma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alhassan_Kobina_Ghansah" title="Alhassan Kobina Ghansah">Alhassan Kobina Ghansah</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assin_Central_Municipal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assin Central Municipal (page does not exist)">Assin Central Municipal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assin_Foso" class="mw-redirect" title="Assin Foso">Assin Foso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assin_Central_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Assin Central (Ghana parliament constituency)">Assin Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Agyapong" title="Kennedy Agyapong">Kennedy Ohene Agyapong</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Assin_North_District" title="Assin North District">Assin North</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assin_Bereku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assin Bereku (page does not exist)">Assin Bereku</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assin_North_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Assin North (Ghana parliament constituency)">Assin North</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Gyakye_Quayson" title="James Gyakye Quayson">James Gyakye Quayson</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Assin_South_District" title="Assin South District">Assin South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nsuaem_Kyekyewere" class="mw-redirect" title="Nsuaem Kyekyewere">Nsuaem Kyekyewere</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assin_South_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Assin South (Ghana parliament constituency)">Assin South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ntim_Fordjour" title="John Ntim Fordjour">John Ntim Fordjuor</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Awutu_Senya_East_(municipal_district)" title="Awutu Senya East (municipal district)">Awutu Senya East Municipal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasoa" title="Kasoa">Kasoa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Awutu-Senya_East_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Awutu-Senya East (Ghana parliament constituency)">Awutu-Senya East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mavis_Hawa_Koomson" title="Mavis Hawa Koomson">Mavis Hawa Koomson</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Awutu_Senya_West_(district)" title="Awutu Senya West (district)">Awutu Senya West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Awutu_Breku" title="Awutu Breku">Awutu Breku</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Awutu-Senya_West_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Awutu-Senya West (Ghana parliament constituency)">Awutu-Senya West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gizella_Tetteh_Agbotui" class="mw-redirect" title="Gizella Tetteh Agbotui">Gizella Tetteh Agbotui</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast_Metropolitan_Assembly" title="Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly">Cape Coast Metropolitan</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast" title="Cape Coast">Cape Coast</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast_North_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Cape Coast North (Ghana parliament constituency)">Cape Coast North</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kwamena_Minta_Nyarku" title="Kwamena Minta Nyarku">Kwamena Minta Nyarku</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast_South_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Cape Coast South (Ghana parliament constituency)">Cape Coast South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kweku_George_Ricketts-Hagan" title="Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan">Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Effutu_Municipal_District" title="Effutu Municipal District">Effutu Municipal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winneba" title="Winneba">Winneba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Effutu_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Effutu (Ghana parliament constituency)">Effutu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Afenyo-Markin" title="Alexander Afenyo-Markin">Alexander Afenyo-Markin</a> <p>(Deputy Majority Leader) </p> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ekumfi_District" title="Ekumfi District">Ekumfi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apam" title="Apam">Apam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ekumfi_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Ekumfi (Ghana parliament constituency)">Ekumfi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abeiku_Crentsil" title="Abeiku Crentsil">Abeiku Crenstil</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gomoa_East_District" title="Gomoa East District">Gomoa East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Potsin" title="Potsin">Potsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gomoa_East_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Gomoa East (Ghana parliament constituency)">Gomoa East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desmond_De-graft_Paitoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Desmond De-graft Paitoo">Desmond De-graft Paitoo</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gomoa_Central_District" title="Gomoa Central District">Gomoa Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Afransi" title="Afransi">Afransi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gomoa_Central_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Gomoa Central (Ghana parliament constituency)">Gomoa Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Naana_Eyiah_Quansah" title="Naana Eyiah Quansah">Naana Eyiah Quansah</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gomoa_West_District" title="Gomoa West District">Gomoa West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Esakyir" title="Esakyir">Esakyir</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gomoa_West_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Gomoa West (Ghana parliament constituency)">Gomoa West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gyan_Mensah" title="Richard Gyan Mensah">Richard Gyan Mensah</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem_Municipal_District" title="Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District">Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmina" title="Elmina">Elmina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (Ghana parliament constituency)">Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Atta_Mills" title="Samuel Atta Mills">Samuel Atta Mills</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mfantsiman_Municipal_District" title="Mfantsiman Municipal District">Mfantsiman Municipal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saltpond" title="Saltpond">Saltpond</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mfantseman" title="Mfantseman">Mfantseman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ophelia_Hayford" title="Ophelia Hayford">Ophelia Hayford</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Twifo-Ati_Morkwa_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Twifo-Ati Morkwa (district)">Twifo Atti Morkwa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Twifo_Praso" title="Twifo Praso">Twifo Praso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Twifo-Atii_Morkwaa_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Twifo-Atii Morkwaa (Ghana parliament constituency)">Twifo-Atii Morkwaa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T.D._David_Vondee" class="mw-redirect" title="T.D. David Vondee">T.D. 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title="Festus Awuah Kwofie">Festus Awuah Kwofie</a> </td> <td>NPP </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Upper_Denkyira_West_District" title="Upper Denkyira West District">Upper Denkyira West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diaso" title="Diaso">Diaso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Upper_Denkyira_West_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Upper Denkyira West (Ghana parliament constituency)">Upper Denkyira West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ohene_Darko" title="Daniel Ohene Darko">Daniel Ohene Darko</a> </td> <td>NDC </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Districts_of_the_Central_Region_(2012).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Districts_of_the_Central_Region_%282012%29.svg/500px-Districts_of_the_Central_Region_%282012%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="352" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Nana_Ato_Arthur" title="Nana Ato Arthur">Nana Ato Arthur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmina" title="Elmina">Elmina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>George Amoh </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunkwa-on-Offin" title="Dunkwa-on-Offin">Dunkwa-Offin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ishmael_Yartei" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishmael Yartei">Ishmael Yartei</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agona_Swedru" title="Agona Swedru">Agona Swedru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Nelson" title="Yvonne Nelson">Yvonne Nelson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast" title="Cape Coast">Cape Coast</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Appiah" title="Jackie Appiah">Jackie Appiah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast" title="Cape Coast">Cape Coast</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Menaye_Donkor" title="Menaye Donkor">Menaye Donkor</a> </td> <td>Agona Asafo </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Boateng" 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