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Travel Guide, Ghana

With intriguing tribal traditions, some of the friendliest people on the continent and a compact and varied tourist circuit taking you from colonial forts to dense rainforest and mud and stick Mosques, Ghana is the perfect introduction to Africa.
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  • Art and crafts in Ghana

    The most famous symbol of Ghana is the colourful Kente cloth formed from strips of hand-woven ...

  • Ecology and environment of Ghana

    recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; ...

  • Economy of Ghana

    Well endowed with natural resources, Ghana has roughly twice the per capita output of the ...

 
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Fast Facts

  • When to go: All year round
  • Area: 239,460 km2
  • Language(s): 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)
  • Altitude (in meters): 0
  • Telephone code (prefix): +233
  • Major exports: gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticulture
  • Major imports: capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs

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