Ghana: all about this country and its main places!

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General information

Economy

It is ranked 67# in the world with a GDP of $77,594,279,054 USD in 2021. The sign for the local currency is ₵ (GHS).

Geography

Accra serves as this nation's capital and the country shares 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

Interesting food you need to try here: Fufu. There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions, Asante Traditional Buildings.

Education

The average length of time residents spend in school is 12 years (including tertiary education). This nation has a number of interesting universities, including University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Population

The median age of the population is 21.40 years with a birth growth rate of 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, phone numbers start with +233, the country's ISO code is GH Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana to learn more about this nation.

Summary

Flag gh 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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