Explore Ghana in Africa - Ghana Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Ghana with its capital Accra is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea). It covers some 239,461 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Oregon) with 23,382,000 citizens. English, Akan, Ewe and Twi are the languages commonly used by the people in Ghana (consider regional differences). Ivory Coast, Togo and Burkina Faso are bordering countries.

Pictures from Accra (Capital)

Photos provided by Panoramio are under the copyright of their owners.

About Ghana

The landscape features mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area. The average density of population is about 97 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast, hot and humid in southwest, hot and dry in north. Potential threats by nature are dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March or droughts.

To reach someone in Ghana dial +233 prior to a number. There are 267,400 installed telephones. And there are 15,109,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gh". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 10 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Ghana

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Ghana Tourism

P. O. Box 3106
Accra
Ghana

Phone: +233 21 222153
Fax: +233 21 231779

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Asante Traditional Buildings

To the north-east of Kumasi, these are the last material remains of the great Asante civilization, which reached its high point in the 18th century. Since the dwellings are made of earth, wood and...

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

The remains of fortified trading-posts, erected between 1482 and 1786, can still be seen along the coast of Ghana between Keta and Beyin. They were links in the trade routes established by the...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Ghana

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Ghana is growing at an rate of 1.86% (or by 451,504 citizens). Each year 14,847 people leave this country (or 0.60 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.92%. Or an total increase of 466,351 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.