Accra is the capital and the administrative and economic center of Ghana. The region is located on the Gulf of Guinea near the Atlantic Ocean, and its estimated population rose to 2.28 million, making Accra the largest city in Ghana.

The city features a very marginal hot semi-arid climate that borders on a tropical savannah climate and it is located partly on a cliff, which makes the area’s susceptibility to occasional earthquakes.

In the late thirteenth century, Ghana was inhabited by a number of ancient kingdoms. Accra became its nation's capital in 1877 and nowadays the city contains a number of public buildings reflecting its transition. Today, Accra is one of the wealthiest and most modern cities on the African continent, although as many other modern cities, it does contain its share of slums, congestion, pollution, and poverty. These are issues that city and national leaders are currently trying to address.

• The word Accra is derived from the Akan word Nkran meaning "ants", a reference to the numerous anthills seen in the countryside around Accra.
• From 1877 to 1957, Accra served as the capital of the British Gold Coast, a period of almost 80 years. At the time, the city was rather small and just a suburb of Victoriaborg.
• Head of the State: President Nana Akufo-Addo, since 2017
• Country motto: Freedom and Justice
• Currency: Ghanaian cedi (GHC)
• Ghana GDP US$ 68.3; US$ 6,998 per capita 
• Median Age: 21.2 years. The population in Accra is one of the youngest in the world. 56% of the entire population is currently under 24 years old
• Language: The official language in Ghana is English although there are more than 80 different languages in the region. The
• people who live in the Greater Accra Region also speak Ga and Dangbe
• Religion: 73.6 % Christianity, 17.5% Islam, 3.8% unaffiliated, 4.9% folk.
   

The Accra Metropolitan Area is one of the five districts that make up the Greater Accra Region, which is the smallest of the constitutional democracy of Ghana's ten administrative regions.

Under the local government system, each district, municipal or metropolitan area, is administered by a chief executive, representing central government but deriving authority from an assembly headed by a presiding member elected from assembly members.

Osu Castle, formerly known as Christianborg Castle and built in 1659, has been the seat of Government since the early 1920s.

In 2008, the World Bank estimated that Accra's economy only constituted around US$3 billion of Ghana's total gross domestic product.

Accra is a centre for manufacturing, marketing, finance, insurance, and transportation.

The economy of the city is very varied among the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. The tertiary service sector is the city's largest, employing about 531,670 people. It is mainly based on supermarkets, shopping malls, hotels, restaurant, transportation, storage, communication, financial intermediation, real estate service, public administration, education, health and other social services.

The second-largest, the secondary sector, employs 22.34% of the labour force and it lies on manufacturing, electricity, gas, water and construction industries.

The predominant economic activities of the primary sector, the smallest of the city, are fishery and urban agriculture, being the fishery industry the most important sub sector with 10% of the catch being exported and the rest consumed locally.
 

Transportation by road is the major form of transportation in Accra. The rail system is still not very effective and It is not common to see trains in town.

Accra has an extensive taxi network and numerous taxi ranks, but most taxis lack a meter system, so price negotiation is required between the passenger and driver. The most common form of transport in Accra are tro tros, motor vehicles re-purposed for passenger transport.

Accra is served by Kotoka International Airport, which has both civil and military uses.There are plans to build a second airport to relieve the aviation pressure on the Kotoka International Airport; it will be located at Prampram in Accra and will be constructed by China Airport Civil Construction.