{"id":291353,"date":"2017-02-05T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=291353"},"modified":"2017-02-05T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T17:00:02","slug":"accra-metropolis-choked-with-establishments-gss-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/accra-metropolis-choked-with-establishments-gss-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Accra Metropolis choked with establishments- GSS report"},"content":{"rendered":"
New figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that even though the Accra Metropolis has the smallest land area, it is heavily populated with establishments, followed by the Tema Metropolis.<\/p>\n
According to the Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES) I, released by the GSS, \u00a0a total of 177,152 establishments are distributed over the sixteen districts in the Greater Accra region. \u00a0The GSS defined establishments as structures located at a specific place for economic purpose.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree notable districts namely; Accra Metropolis, Tema Metropolis and Ga South Municipal have significant numbers of establishments located within them. Among these three districts, though Accra Metropolis has a smaller land area, it has the highest number of establishments of 80,824, representing more than two-fifth which is 45.5% of the total number of establishments in the region,\u201d the Project Coordinator for the report Mr. Anthony Krakah said.<\/p>\n
He explained that this was followed by the Tema Metropolis with 17,250 establishments, which has the least land area and also has the country\u2019s main harbour.<\/p>\n
However, the Ga South Municipal which has the largest land area among the three districts had a total of 11,810 establishments.<\/p>\n