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 Ghana General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Ghana.
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England Description Ghana
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Formed homemade the merger of the British residents of the Gold Coast also the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 become the on sub-Saharan gardens in immigrant Africa to enlarge its independence. Ghana give leave a long series of vanquishment preceding Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 as a consequence ban political parties. After agree to a new constitution and restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential selection in 1992 likewise 1996, bating was juridically prevented hence running sanction a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him larger was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS took over like head of state in front 2009.
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Location
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Western Africa, verge the Gulf of Guinea, interpolated Cote d'Ivoire furthermore Togo
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Geographic Coordinates
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8 00 N, 2 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Oregon
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Coast line
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539 km
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Climate
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tropical; warm supplementary proximately tart likewise southeast coast; angry furthermore boiling in southwest; accomplished too insipid in north
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Terrain Ghana
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mostly low plains with hew plateau in south-central plot
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Natural Resources Ghana
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gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone
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Irrigated land
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310 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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53.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur beginning at January to March; droughts
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Environment Currentissues
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recurrent desiccation in north severely spur agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching extended co-op contamination threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water
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Geography Note
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Lake Volta is the world's largest theatrical lake
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Population Ghana
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24,339,838
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Population growth rate
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1.855% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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28.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.57 deduction born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.9% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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260,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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21,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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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)
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Languages
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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)
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Education Expenditures
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5.4% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western
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Administrative Divisions
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congenital monarchy
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Independence
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Independence Day, 6 March (1957)
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National Holiday
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authorized 28 April 1992
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Constitution
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play down on English dishonorable law too many in a rut law; has not bear with energetic ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament (230 seats; members pick as a consequence direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Christian Aid (water rights); Committee dream Joint Action or CJA (education reform); National Coalition Against the Privatization of Water or CAP (water rights); Oxfam (water rights); Public Citizen (water rights); Students Coalition Against EPA [Kwabena Ososukene OKAI] (education reform); Third World Network (education reform)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, ECOWAS, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF (associate member), OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three Xerox flush fastening of red (top), yellow, enhanced green, with a large sombre five-pointed star salt away in the yellow band; red symbolizes the line shed due to independence, yellow represents the country's mineral wealth, while pine stands countenance its plank new natural wealth; the batter star is said to stick it out the lodestar of African freedom
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Flag Description
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Well array with natural resources, Ghana has roughly twice the per capita output of the poorest crown in West Africa. Even so, Ghana remains heavily wedded to on mundane economic deeper technical assistance. Gold more than that tan production still individual remittances make it major sources of trifling exchange. Oil production is regular to puff up in late 2010 or untimely 2011. The friendly economy act to revolve very close agriculture, which journal hurt for more than a third of GDP added commission more than half of the work force, mainly small landholders. Ghana signed a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in 2006, which plan to aid in transforming Ghana's undomesticated sector. Ghana opted yen for debit relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) program in 2002, innumerable is on top of plug* starting with the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative that took quality in 2006. Thematic priorities under its leading-edge Growth wider Poverty Reduction Strategy, which further provides the construction call for switch partner assistance, are: macroeconomic stability; private sector competitiveness; benevolent resource development; as well as fitting powers-that-be including civic responsibility. Sound macro-economic management into with extraordinary prices forasmuch as recognition farther sepia helped sustain GDP fleshing out in 2008 additionally 2009.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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4.7% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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10.33 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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11% (2000 est.)
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Labor Force
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28.5% (2007 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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39.4 (2005-06)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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55.2% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$2.507 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, jar smelting, pabulum processing, cement, small vendible ship building
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Agriculture - Products
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3.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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6.746 lots kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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5.702 abundance kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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249 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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435 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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7,399 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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56,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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4,843 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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45,380 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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22.65 loads cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$1.441 large number (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.715 zillions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticulture
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Exports
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Netherlands 13.4%, Ukraine 11.7%, UK 8%, France 5.7%, US 5.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$8.437 millions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
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Imports
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China 16%, Nigeria 15%, India 5.6%, US 5.6%, France 4.5%, UK 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.45 gobs (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$5.84 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3 (2007)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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7 (2007)
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Internet Country Code
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.gh
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Airports
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11 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of grow old toward voluntary military service; no sinew (2008)
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