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COUNTRY FACTS: GHANA
Name(official): Republic of Ghana
Name(short): Ghana (former "Gold Coast")
Capital City: Accra
Location: west Africa
Coordinate: 8 00 N, 2 00 W
Independence: 6 March 1957(from Britain)
Formerly the British Crown Colony "Gold Coast" 1874 till 1957
President: John Evans Atta-Mills (President from 7 Jan. 2009)
John Agyekum Kufuor (7/01/2001 to 7/01/2009)
Type of Government: constitutional Republic
Total Area: 239 460sq.km.
Population: 23 887 812 (2009 est.)
People: African 98.5% (includes Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%), European and other 1.5% (1998).
Religion: 63%christians, 21%indigenious belief, 16%islam
Languages: English(official), Akan, Moshi Dagomba, Ewe, Ga.
Literacy: 74.8%total, 82.7%male, 67.1%female
Currency: Cedi(GHC) 1new cedi =100pesawas
GDP(per capita): USD1,500 (2009 est.)
Arable Land: 17.54
Agriculture: cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava(tapioca), peanuts, corn, sheanuts, bananas, timber.
Natural resources: gold, timber, diamonds, bauxites, manganese, fish, rubber, salt, hydropower, petroleum, silver, limestone.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Republic of Ghana,
Chancery: 1-5-21, Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku. Post Code: 106-0031 Tel. 03-5410-8631/3
Embassy of the Republic of Ghana
General Info:
International Phone Code: Country code +233


ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

MAJOR CITIES

Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi, Ashiaman, Tema.

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

Ghana is divided into 10 regions, namely:
Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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