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On this page you can:

• click on a region name in the Table of Contents above to scroll down to region,

• click on a region map to enlarge,

• click on one of the district names which have links, to open a map of the district in a new tab,

• click on one of the district capital names which have links, to go directly to its toponym record,

• click on a region heading to go to a region sub-page (also accessible from sidebar on the left) showing all places names in the GPN database for that region.

On the region sub-pages you can click any of the linked place names to view its toponym record.

For a full explanation of the format of toponym records see the Toponym Template.

Note that this is a working database showing information currently held on an offline GPN database, and as such may not always show accurate or complete data. In particular:

• The name of a place may have changed since the available reference maps were compiled. Where a significant change is known, e.g. from Obutu to Awutu Bereku, both toponyms are listed on the region sub-page, linked to the same record. Where possible, toponyms are updated to modern spellings when records are put online.

• The district in which a place lies may be uncertain, as up-to-date information about some of the towns in the new districts is not easily available.

• Original locations obtained from IndexMundi (IM) are not all accurate. In many cases these have been replaced by data from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS) which is generally more reliable. Custom IM URLs have then been constructed to display the modified data. In such cases this is indicated by the text '(GNS data)' following the place name on the customised IM webpage. However, locations for new and updated records are now always checked against a variety of other map sources. Wherever the location has been changed from either the orighinal IM or GNS data this is indicated by the symbol * following the 'Location' heading on the toponym record and/or following the place name on the IM webpage. Wikimapia and Google map URLs are also constructed to dispay the same locations as those shown on IM. When citing GPN as the authority for cartographic data, use the Library of Congress Code ghpn (see MARC 21).

• There are many discrepancies in Google Maps between the position of place marker and the place name (e.g. see Kikam in either Map or Hybrid view, where the place name is shown further east along the coast than the red place marker). The marker is in agreement with the position coordinates, and is usually close to the position shown on the 1962 map.

• In the GPN database if the place is not shown on the 1962 map, the location is described with reference to other places shown on the relevant map square.

• The indigenous language may be uncertain especially where the area is polyglot. In the absence of documentary evidence, the language indicated by the Ethnologue map will be given.

• The true source language of a place name may not be known, so the meaning may be based on a related language.

• The meaning & origin given for a name may come from a source whose reliability cannot be checked.

• Some meanings & origins which are traditionally believed may be based on legend or folk-etymology.

• Except where stated otherwise, attempted identifications of tree species are from F.R.Irvine, "Woody Plants of Ghana", OUP, 1961.

• Editorial interpolations, corrections, or queries within quotations are enclosed within curly brackets: { ... }.

Any corrections to incorrect data will be gratefully received.

The content of this site is copyright and all quotations should acknowledge Ghana Place Names or other quoted sources.

Acknowledgements:

• • Unmodified region/district maps on this page based on the 10-region administrative divisions of 1987-2019 are "By Macabe5387 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]", via Wikimedia Commons. Some districts created in the 2018 reorganisation are not yet represented on the region maps on this page.

• District maps on toponym records are from the Ghana Statistical Service and reproduced by permission.

  • Contributors and Informants identified in the database by initials are listed under Input.

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