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GHANA
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OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Ghana.
LOCATION:Southern coast of West Africa, on Gulf of Guinea, east of
Ivory Coast.
LAT/LONG:8N/2W
CONTINENT:Africa.
ZONES-ITU:46 CQ:35
TIME:UTC.
AREA:92,100 Sq.M. 238,540 Sq.Km.
POPULATION:13,948,925 DENSITY:151/Sq.M. (58/Sq.Km.) AAGR:2.89%
LIFE EXPECTANCY:49
LITERACY RATE:30%
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:military; (1981 coup ended 2 year old civilian
government and suspended constitution and political activity)
CAPITAL:Accra.
LANGUAGES:English is official; African languages include Akan,
Mole-Dagbani, Ewe, and Ga-Adangbe.
RELIGIONS:38% indigenous beliefs, 30% Muslim, 24% Christian, 8% other.
CURRENCY:cedi.
GNP:$10.5 billion REAL GROWTH RATE:-7.2% (1982 est.).
MAJOR INDUSTRIES:mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, fishing,
aluminum.
AGRICULTURE:cocoa, root crops, corn, sorghum, millet, peanuts; not
self-sufficient in food but has that potential.
EXPORTS:cocoa (60% of total), wood, gold, diamonds, manganese, bauxite,
aluminum ($617 million).
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:68,900 telephones; 6 AM, 9 TV stations; 1 Atlantic
Ocean satellite ground station.
COMMERCIAL POWER:240/415V; 50Hz.
NATIONAL HOLIDAY:6 March (Independence Day).
MISC:Ghana's Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake. 60% of
the land is forest or brush, 5% is arable. A recent drought in the
north is severely affecting marginal agricultural activity. A dry,
northeasterly harmattan wind blows often from January to March. Ghana
became independent on 6 March, 1957. Member of UN since 1957. Member of
Commonwealth of Nations.
(FOR US OPS-3rd party:yes ROA:no)