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Ghana

Ghana Go to Ghana and be welcomed by the most friendly people. Going along the Atlantic coast, you will find fishing villages, slave-trading forts, beautiful surfing beaches. Visit the Kakum national park, and you can explore the colorful nature and many interesting animals.

Area: 238.595 Km²
Population: 19.894.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 83 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Accra (950.000 pop., 1.673.000 urban aggl.)
Major cities: Kumasi 450.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Akan 53%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 12%, Ga-Adangme 8%, others 11%
Border countries: Cote d'Ivoire WEST, Burkina Faso NORTH, Togo EAST

Principal mountains: Afadjoto 885 m
Principal rivers: Black Volta 800 Km (ghanaian tract, total 1600 Km)
Principal lakes: Lake Volta 8482 Km² (artificial)
Principal islands: -
Climate: Tropical

Language: English (official), Kwa, Gur and others ethnic dialects
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%
Currency: Cedi (GHC)

Fixed public holidays: 1/1, 6/3, 1/5, 4/6, 1/7, 6/12, 25/12, 26/12, 31/12
Dialling code: 00233
GMT: 0

World Heritage List:

• Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (1979)
• Asante Traditional Buildings (1980)

All state

Algeria	Angola	Benin
Botswana	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Central African Republic
Chad	Comoros	Congo
Congo, Democratic Rep	Cote d Ivoire	Djibouti
Egypt	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea
Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia
Ghana	Guinea	Guinea Bissau
Kenya	Lesotho	Liberia
Libya	Madagascar	Malawi
Mali	Mauritania	Mauritius
Morocco	Mozambique	Namibia
Niger	Nigeria	Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe	Senegal	Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa
Sudan	Swaziland	Tanzania
Togo	Tunisia	Uganda
Zambia	Zimbabwe