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Satellite image of Ghana. Ghana is a West African country in Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea. Ghana encompasses plains, low hills, rivers, Lake Volta, the world's largest artificial lake, Dodi Island and Bobowasi Island on the south Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana. Ghana can be divided into four different geographical ecoregions.
Map all coordinates in "List of cities in Ghana" using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Top Largest Cities and Towns in Ghana By Population
With nearly 35 million inhabitants, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa. The capital and largest city is Accra; other significant cities include Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. In 1957 Ghana became the first colony in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve sovereignty, under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah. [7] [8] [9]
This is a list of Ghanaian regions by population, ranked according to the latest census, which took place on 26 September 2010. Past census data (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) is included for comparison. (Note: The current boundaries of Ghana's administrative regions were not fully established until 1983.
Map of the Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index in 2017. ... 0.500 – 0.599 0.000 – 0.499. This is a list of regions of Ghana (2018 ... List of countries by ...
The Upper West Region is one of the 16 regions of Ghana. It is located at the northwestern corner of Ghana at latitude 9.8°- 11.O° North and longitude 1.6°- 3.0 West, bounded by Burkina Faso to the North. It covers a geographical area of 18,476 square kilometres, representing 12.7% of the total land area of Ghana.
Burkina Faso–Ghana border (1 C, 3 P) I. ... Pages in category "Borders of Ghana" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The region covers an area of 13,842 km 2, and had a population of 2,060,585 at the 2021 Census. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] It has a coastline that stretches from South Ghana's border with the Ivory Coast to the boundary with the Central region on the east.