VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — AFRICA
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GHANA
Republic of Ghana
GH · GHA
INDEPENDENT 1957
FIRST SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN NATION TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE
POPULATION
34.4M
AREA
238,533 km²
CAPITAL
Accra
CURRENCY
GHS
GDP / CAPITA
$2,400
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Mount Afadjato, 885 m
LOWEST POINT
Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
COASTLINE
539 km
LAND BORDERS
2,094 km, 3 countries
TERRAIN
Mostly low plains with a plateau in the south-central area and hills to the east.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
5.60°N, 0.19°W
TIME ZONE
GMT, UTC+0 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast
Togo
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Presidential republic
RELIGION
Christianity, ~71%; Islam, ~20%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
64 years
HDI
0.632 — Medium (rank 133)
LANGUAGES
EnglishOFFICIAL
AkanWIDELY SPOKEN
EweWIDELY SPOKEN
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Mining (gold, bauxite, manganese)
Cocoa processing
Petroleum
Textiles
TOP EXPORTS
Gold
Cocoa beans
Crude petroleum
Timber products
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery
Petroleum products
Foodstuffs
LAND USE
Agricultural, 70%
Forest, 21%
Other, 9%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
8.6M
1970
10.8M
1980
15.2M
1990
19.0M
2000
25.5M
2010
31.7M
2020
34.4M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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