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  Fact Sheet on Ghana  
The Country

: Republic of Ghana

Capital City

: Accra

Commercial Language

: English

Currency

: The Cedi

Exchange rate

: US$1 - 9,167.73 cedis

Minimum wage

: Cedi, 16,000/day (Feb. 2006)

Population

: 18,912,079 (Ghana Statistical Service, 2000    Population Census)

Population Density

: 79.3 persons per square km [2000]

Female Population

: 50.5% [2000]

Male Population : 49.5% [2000]
Children Below 15 years

: 41.3% [2000]

Elderly Persons Above 64 years

: 5.3% [2000]

Growth Rate

: 2.6% [2000]

Literacy Rate : 64.5%
Male

: 70%

Female

: 51%

Land Size

: 238,537 km2 (92,100 square miles)

Land Area

: 23.8 million hectares

Arable land

: 13 million hectares [57%]

Electricity

: 220 - 240 Volts

Local Time and Business Hours

: Local time is the same as Greenwich Mean Time [GMT]. Business Hours are as follows:
08.00 to 12.00 hours and 13.00 to 17.00 hours

Geographical location : Latitude 4- 11.5 North and Longitude 3.11 West and 1.11 East
Coastline

540 km

Climate

: Tropical, General 21-32 C Rainy Seasons, March - July, Sept. - Oct.

Government

Type

: Constitutional Democracy

Executive

: President, Cabinet

President

: H. E. Professor John Evans Atta Mills

Legislature

: Unicameral National Assembly

Constitution

: Approved, 28th April 1992

Judicial branch

: Supreme Court

Legal System

: Based on English common law and customary Law.

 
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