Religion: Languages: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo
Geographic coordinates: Area:
tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot
and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber
arable land: 12%
Geography - note: Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake;
northeasterly harmattan wind (January to March)
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Population
Source: Population Census, 2000.
Region Population (%) Ashanti 3,187,607 (17.3%) Greater Accra 2,909,643 (15.8%) Eastern 2,108,852 (11.5%) North 1,854,994 (10.1%) Western 1,842,878 (10.0%) Brong Ahafo 1,824,822 (9.9%) Volta 1,612,299 (8.8%) Central 1,580,047 (8.6%) Upper East 917,251 (5%) Upper West 573,860 (3.1%) Total 18,412,247 Culture
Christian, Indigenous Beliefs, Muslim, Other
English
Currency: Ghanaian cedi ( cedi)
GDP: $390 per capita
Location:
total: 238,540 sq km
land : 230,020 sq km
water: 8,520 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Oregon
Land boundaries:
total: 2,093 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877km
Coastline: 539 km
Climate:
Terrain:
Natural Features: Behind coastal plain land rises from Volta river basin to plateau in west ,mountains in east, savannah in north.
Rainy Seasons: April to July (Rainy Season)
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m
Natural resources:
Land use:
permanent crops : 7%
permanent pastures: 22%
forests and woodland: 35%
other: 24% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 60 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: dry, dusty, harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts