Ghana

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country in West Africa sovereign state

Ghana is a West African nation known for being the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule and for its stable democracy and rich cultural heritage.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Republic of Ghana 7
GHA 3
Central Region, Ghana 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in West Africa ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType region ⓘ
borderCountry Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Togo ⓘ
borderFeature Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
callingCode +233 ⓘ
capital Accra ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
currency Ghanaian cedi ⓘ
demonym Ghanaian ⓘ
drivesOnThe right ⓘ
famousFor cocoa production ⓘ
gold production ⓘ
historic coastal forts and castles ⓘ
kente cloth ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
stable multi-party democracy ⓘ
firstSubSaharanAfricanCountryToGainIndependenceIn20thCentury true ⓘ
formerColony Gold Coast ⓘ
foundingLeader Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
governmentType unitary presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
hasAdministrativeDivision Ashanti Region ⓘ
Central Region ⓘ
Eastern Region ⓘ
Greater Accra Region ⓘ
Northern Region ⓘ
Upper East Region ⓘ
Upper West Region ⓘ
Volta Region ⓘ
Western Region ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasOneOfWorldsLargestArtificialLakes Lake Volta ⓘ
headOfGovernment President of Ghana ⓘ
headOfState President of Ghana ⓘ
independenceDate 1957-03-06 ⓘ
independenceDayObservedOn March 6 ⓘ
independenceEvent Independence from the United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD .gh ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code GH ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code Ghana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GHA
largestCity Accra ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: Economic Community of West African States

International Monetary Fund ⓘ
Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
nationalAnthem God Bless Our Homeland Ghana ⓘ
nationalFlag Flag of Ghana ⓘ
nationalFlagColors gold ⓘ
green ⓘ
red ⓘ
nationalFlagSymbol black star ⓘ
nationalHoliday Independence Day ⓘ
nationalMotto Freedom and Justice ⓘ
nationalSport football ⓘ
notableLake Lake Volta ⓘ
notableRiver Volta River ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
officialReligion none ⓘ
region Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime false ⓘ

Referenced by (127)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghana → ISO3166-1Alpha3Code → Ghana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GHA
Volta River → basinCountry → Ghana ⓘ
Burkina Faso → borderedBy → Ghana ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire → borderedBy → Ghana ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → borders → Ghana ⓘ
Accra → capitalOf → Ghana ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah → citizenship → Ghana ⓘ
LLB → commonRegion → Ghana ⓘ
Accra → country → Ghana ⓘ
Akan people → country → Ghana ⓘ
Benya Lagoon → country → Ghana ⓘ
Elmina Castle → country → Ghana ⓘ
Ga → country → Ghana ⓘ
subject surface form: Ga language
Ga people → country → Ghana ⓘ
Ghanaian cedi → country → Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Ghana
Volta River → country → Ghana ⓘ
CAS → countryUsage → Ghana ⓘ
subject surface form: Chief of the Air Staff
Afrobeats → culturalOrigin → Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: GHA
this entity surface form: GHA