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Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)

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Editor’s note: Scout-verified 2026-08-14: CKAN API confirms license cc-by-igo and GSS as dataset_source, last_modified 2026-08-14 (actively maintained), OCHA FISS confirmed as maintaining body. See docs/scout/ghana-candidates.md.

Official UN OCHA Common Operational Dataset of Ghana's admin boundaries — national, 16 regions (ADM1), 260 districts (ADM2) — as Shapefile/Geodatabase/GeoJSON, CC-BY-IGO licensed. Mirrors the existing Kenya OCHA-COD entry already in the registry.

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🇬🇭 Ghana
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{
  "name": "Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)",
  "slug": "ghana-subnational-administrative-boundaries-ocha-cod",
  "category": "DATASET",
  "country": "GH",
  "docs_status": "LIVE",
  "licensing_required": "NONE",
  "verified": true,
  "last_verified": null,
  "website": "https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-gha",
  "documentation_url": "https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-gha"
}
get_resource("ghana-subnational-administrative-boundaries-ocha-cod") — via the Wycord MCP server

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