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Official Name
Republic of Ghana
Motto
Freedom and Justice
Region
Africa
Sub-Region
Western Africa
Capital
Accra
Currency
Ghanaian New Cedi (GHS)
Independence Day
6 Mar 1957: Independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.
Population
27,043,093
Nationality
Ghanaian
Ethnic Group
47.5% Akans (11.5 mln), 16.6% Dagbani / Mole (4 mln), 13.9% Ewe (2.9 mln), 7.4% Ga-Adangbe (1.8 mln), 5.7% Gurma (0.7 mln), 3.7% Guan / Gonja (0.3 mln), 2.5% Gurunsi (0.1 mln), 1.1% Bissa / Mande (0.1 mln), 1.6% Other (0.1 mln)
Area
238,533 km2
Neighbor Countries
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo
Time Zone
GMT (UTC+0)
Geo Location
Latitude 8.00, Longitude -2.00
Dialing Code
+233
ISO 9166 alpha 2 code
GH
ISO 9166 alpha 3 code
GHA
ISO 9166 numeric 3 code
288
Code for International Olympic Committee
GHA
Country Domain (ccTLD)
.gh