City profile · Ghana · Africa
Tamale
Northern · Ghana
City population
464,316
#3
in Ghana
#1
in Northern
#1,246
worldwide
9.401, -0.839 · 433 km from Accra
About Tamale
Tamale is a city in Northern, Ghana with a population of 464,316. It is the 3rd largest of the 98 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ghana, and the 1,246th largest worldwide. It lies 433 km from Accra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Northern
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
196 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Accra
Coordinates
9.401, -0.839
Record updated
2023-12-01
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 98 in GhanaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.