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Ghana - Republic of Ghana
The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders ► Côte d'Ivoire to the west, ► Burkina Faso to the north, ► Togo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
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| Short name |
Ghana |
| Official name |
Republic of Ghana |
| Status |
Independent country since 1957 |
| Location |
West Africa |
| Capital |
Accra |
| Population |
22,113,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
238,534 km² |
| Major language(s) |
English, 9 government sponsored languages |
| Major religion(s) |
Protestantism, traditional beliefs, Islam, Roman Catholicism |
| More information |
Ghana, Geography of Ghana, History of Ghana and Politics of Ghana |
| More images |
Ghana - Ghana (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Ghana |
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Map of Ghana |
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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Political map |
Image:Ashanti_districts.png|Ashanti districts Image:Brong_Ahafo_districts.png|Brong Ahafo districts Image:Central_Ghana_districts.png|Central districts Image:Eastern_Ghana_districts.png|Eastern districts Image:Greater_Accra_districts.png|Greater Accra districts Image:Northern_Ghana_districts.png|Northern districts Image:Upper_East_Ghana_districts.png|Upper East districts Image:Upper_West_Ghana_districts.png|Upper West districts Image:Volta_districts.png|Volta districts Image:Western_Ghana_districts.png|Western districts </gallery>
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Ghana, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Ghana.
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Map in French showing the Ghana Empire, whic was in fact not located in present Ghana |
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Map showing the British dependencies in West Africa, inclusive the Gold Coast |
{{left|Image:Togoland.png|Map of the division of Togoland, the green part is the British Trust Territory of Togoland, which became part of the Gold Coast.]]
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
Language maps
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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