Visiting Ghana
For travel guide for Ghana and practical advice regarding eating, drinking, shopping, how to get around, price levels on lodging and holiday accomodation (e.g. hotels, vacation rentals by owner, b&b's, vacation rental homes, holiday villas, condos, cabins, hostels, self-catering cottages) and safety hints please click here.

Ghana facts, geography & history

Facts
Government: Constitutional democracy.
Population (est.): 22,409,000.
Capital, population (est.): Accra, 2,830,000.
Language: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga).
Monetary unit: Cedi.

Geography
Ghana is located on the Gulf of Guinea, only a few degrees north of the Equator. It is roughly the size of the state of Britain. The coastline is mostly a low, sandy shore backed by plains and scrub and intersected by several rivers and streams. A tropical rain forest belt, broken by heavily forested hills and many streams and rivers, extends northward from the shore. North of this belt, the land is covered by low bush, park-like savanna and grassy plains.
The climate is tropical. The eastern coastal belt is warm and comparatively dry; the southwest corner, hot and humid; and the north, hot and dry. Lake Volta, the world's largest artificial lake, extends through large portions of eastern Ghana..........
Adopted from and read more at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana

History
If you are interested in this country's history, please take a look here.