Ghana Listen/ˈɡɑËnÉ™/ is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire. Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan kingdoms, including the inland Ashanti Empire, the Akwamu, the Akyem, the Bonoman, the Denkyira, and the Fante among others.
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| Name | Ghana |
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| Alpha2 Code | GH |
| Alpha3 Code | GHA |
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| Capital | Accra |
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| Region | Africa |
| Subregion | Western Africa |
| Population | 27670174 |
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| Demonym | Ghanaian |
| Area | 238533 |
| Gini | 42.8 |
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| Native Name | Ghana |
| Numeric Code | 288 |
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| | Code | GHS | | Name | Ghanaian cedi | | Symbol | ₵ |
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| | Iso639_1 | en | | Iso639_2 | eng | | Name | English | | Native Name | English |
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| | De | Ghana | | Es | Ghana | | Fr | Ghana | | Ja | ガーナ | | It | Ghana | | Br | Gana | | Pt | Gana | | Nl | Ghana | | Hr | Gana | | Fa | غنا |
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| Flag | https://restcountries.eu/data/gha.svg |
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| | Acronym | AU | | Name | African Union | | Other Acronyms | | | Other Names | |
| | الاتحاد الأفريقي | | Union africaine | | União Africana | | Unión Africana | | Umoja wa Afrika |
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| Cioc | GHA |
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Visitors from Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d`Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and Zimbabwe do not need a visa for a visit up to 30 days.
Obtaining a visa from an embassy is a fairly straightforward process.
Visas cost around US$80 for a tourist visa.
Ghana visa information
Ghana embassies
Note: Please confirm details with embassy because policies do change with time
