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Region: Africa

Capital: Accra

Population: 28,783,998

Area Total: 238,540

Area Land: 230,020

Climate: tropical -- warm and dry along the southeast coast ; hot and humid in the southwest; hot and dry in the north



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Country Overview

Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Accra 1,963,264 2020
Kumasi 1,468,609 2020
Tamale 360,579 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Africa
Population: 28,783,998
Area Total: 238,540km2
Area Land: 230,020km2
Coast Line: 539km
Capital: Accra
Climate: tropical -- warm and dry along the southeast coast ; hot and humid in the southwest; hot and dry in the north
Languages: English (official); indigenous African languages (including Asante Twi, Akuapim Twi, Fante, Ewe, Ga-Adangme, Nzema, Dagbani, Dagaari, Kasem, Frafra, Buli, Kusaal, Sisaala, Gonja)
Currency: 1 new cedi (C) = 100 pesewas
Holiday: Independence Day is 6 March (1957), Republic Day is 1 July


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 80.50°F
July: °C / 77.40°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 46.6"


Boundaries
Togo 877 km
Cote d `Ivoire 668 km
Burkina Faso 548 km


Ethnic Divisions
Moshi-Dagomba 0.00%
Akan 0.00%
Ewe 0.00%
Ga 0.00%
Gurma 0.00%
Yoruba 0.00%
European 0.00%
other 0.00%


Religions
Christian 63.00%
Indigenous 21.00%
Muslim 16.00%

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