West Africa(UN: Western Africa)
Ghana
Republic of Ghana
The first sub-Saharan colony to win independence, heir to the Asante empire and the Akan goldfields, and a byword for peaceful transfers of power.
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Ghana in pictures
Flag, landscapes, landmarks and wildlife you can meet in the games. Photographs come from each subject’s Wikipedia article.
Flag
Flag of Ghana
National flag
- Cape Coast Castle
Landscape
Cape Coast Castle
A real place in Ghana
- Elmina Castle
Landmark
Elmina Castle
Built in 1482; later a holding fort of the transatlantic slave trade.
- Kakum canopy walk
Landmark
Kakum canopy walk
Seven rope bridges strung 30 metres up in the treetops.
- Larabanga Mosque
Landmark
Larabanga Mosque
A whitewashed mud-and-stick mosque in the Sudanese style, from about 1421.
- Lake Volta
Landmark
Lake Volta
By surface area it is the largest reservoir made by people on Earth.
- African grey parrot
Wildlife
African grey parrot
One of the best talkers in the animal world — some learn hundreds of words.
- Nile monitor
Wildlife
Nile monitor
A two-metre lizard that swims well and raids crocodile nests.
- African civet
Wildlife
African civet
It marks its trails with a scent once used to make perfume.
- Accra
City
Accra
Capital of Ghana
Capital
Accra
Population
35,064,272
World Bank, 2025
Area
238,533 km²
Currency
Ghanaian cedi
GDP per person
$3,257
Current US$, 2025
Life expectancy
65.7 yrs
World Bank, 2024
Urban population
58.9%
UN member
Yes
Quick facts
Did you know?
Adinkra symbols each carry a proverb; sankofa means learning from the past.
Ghana's 2019 'Year of Return' drew large numbers of diaspora visitors.
Your route
Where to start with Ghana
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Reference figures come from the World Bank Open Data API and the ISO 3166 country dataset, each shown with its year. Historical and cultural text is written by our editors and marks contested dating where scholars disagree. The "go deeper" chapters are generated live by Africa AI from that same reference data and our sourced library — check them before quoting. Borders shown are for orientation and do not imply a position on any dispute.