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Geography

Location

Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo.

Climate

Tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north.

Government Type

Constitutional democracy

Capital

Accra

People

Population

23,382,848
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

total population: 59.49 years
male: 58.65 years
female: 60.35 years (2008 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8% (2000 census)

Religions

Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% (2000 census)

Languages

Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other 36.1% (includes English (official)) (2000 census)

Currency

Ghana cedi (GHC)

Communications

There is telephone, cellular phone, radio, television and internet access.

Transportation

Ghana has 953 km of railways, 62,221 km of roadways (of which 9,955 km are paved), 12 airports (7 with paved runways), and 1 port: Tema.