Ghana: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 7.85705 / longitude: -0.99375

General information

Geography

Accra is the nation's capital and the country has a border with Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo. Here are the different languages spoken in the country: English. 238,533 km² make up the entire country, they don't use a postcode system and the key cities are: Accra, Kumasi, Accra, Ho, Kumasi.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions, Asante Traditional Buildings. Here is a list of famous dishes in this country: Fufu.

Economy

The currency symbol is ₵, and the ISO code for that currency is GHS. The GDP in 2021 was $77,594,279,054 USD, making it the 67# country in the world.

Education

You can find famous universities here like University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. On average citizens spend 12 years in school (including higher education).

Population

In this country, the median age is 21.40 years and the birth growth rate is around 2.19%. There are 27,670,174 inhabitants, or 0.37% of the population of planet earth.

Good to know

The domain name ".gh" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin with +233, the country's ISO code is GH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana is a good place to find out more details on this country.

Summary

Flag
ISO code GH
Capital Accra
Population 27,670,174
World percentage 0.37%
Median age 21.40 years
Population growth rate 2.19%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages English
GDP (2021) $77,594,279,054
GDP position #67
Currency code GHS
Currency symbol
School life expectancy 12 years
National dish Fufu
TLD .gh
Phone prefix +233
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana

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