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| Country
Fact Sheet |
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Location
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The Gold Coast of West Africa. Ghana borders
the Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso
in the north and Togo to the east
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Capital
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Accra
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Surface
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238,540 sq kms
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Population
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22,113,000 people
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Currency
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Cedi (GHC)
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GDP
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Purchasing
power parity - $51.8 billion
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GDP/capita
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Purchasing
power parity - $2,500
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Language
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English (Official), Akan, Dagaare/Wale,
Dagbane, Dangme, Ewe, Ga, Gonja, Kasem,
Yoruba, Nzema, other indigenous languages
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Religion
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Christian 63%, Indigenous beliefs 21%, Muslim
36%
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Government
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Parliamentary
democracy; President - John Agyekum Kufuor
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Time
Zone
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Standard time zone: No UTC/GMT offset
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Telecom
Code
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+233
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Airport
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Kotoka International Airport (DGAA/ACC),
Tamale Airport (DGLE/TML), Kumasi Airport
(DGSI/KMS)
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Driving
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Right hand side of the road, international
drivers license required
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Electrical
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220V
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Political
climate
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Mostly stable
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Business & Service Providers |
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Financial
services
Legal and fiduciary
Financial
Technology
Business travel
Image identity Consultancy
Corporate incentives
Automotive services
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| History |
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Kwame Nkrumah
was an African anti-colonial leader, founder and
first president of the modern Ghanaian state.
He started the Pan-African Movement, which was
an idea he conceived from his studies in the States,
at the time when Marcus Garvey was becoming famous
for his "Back to Africa Movement". Formed
from the merger of the British colony Gold Coast
and the British Togoland trust territory by a
U.N. sponsored plebiscite, Ghana in 1957 became
the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa
to gain its independence. A long series of coups
ended with the ascension to power of Flight Lieutenant
Jerry Rawlings in 1981. His changes resulted in
the suspension of the constitution in 1981 and
the banning of political parties. A new constitution,
restoring multiparty politics, was approved in
1992, and Rawlings was elected in free elections
of that year and also in 1996. The constitution
prohibited him from running for a third term.
John Kufuor, the current president, is now in
his second term.
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