Ghana

E23760

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ghana canonical	1,218
Republic of Ghana	34
GHA	6
Central Region, Ghana	1
Ghana (modern state, as successor territory)	1
Ghana railway network	1
present-day 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 (1,262)

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

Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Ghana ⓘ

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Ghana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Ghana

GMT → observedAsStandardTimeIn → Ghana ⓘ

West African languages → areSpokenIn → Ghana ⓘ

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Ghana ⓘ

Ghana’s Ga District (friendship city) → country → Ghana ⓘ

Hausa → spokenIn → Ghana ⓘ

Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Ghana ⓘ

Commonwealth Day → observedIn → Ghana ⓘ

Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Ghana ⓘ

Yoruba → significantPopulationIn → Ghana ⓘ

Elmina Castle → locatedIn → Ghana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Region, Ghana

Elmina Castle → country → Ghana ⓘ

Gulf of Guinea → borders → Ghana ⓘ

Fulani → presentInCountry → Ghana ⓘ

Afrobeats → culturalOrigin → Ghana ⓘ

Afrobeats → region → Ghana ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Ghana ⓘ

ECOWAS → memberState → Ghana ⓘ

ECOWAS → foundingMemberState → Ghana ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Ghana ⓘ

African Continental Free Trade Area → headquartersCountry → Ghana ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Ghana ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Ghana ⓘ

Prime Meridian → countryCrossed → Ghana ⓘ

Second Lieutenant → isUsedByCountry → Ghana ⓘ

Society of the Holy Child Jesus → countryOfOperation → Ghana ⓘ

Ghana → ISO3166-1Alpha3Code → Ghana self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GHA

Kwa languages → spokenIn → Ghana ⓘ

Kofi Annan → countryOfCitizenship → Ghana ⓘ

W. E. B. Du Bois → laterCitizenOf → Ghana ⓘ

ECCAS → memberState → Ghana ⓘ

CEN-SAD → memberState → Ghana ⓘ

Danish colonial empire → successor → Ghana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Ghana

Greater Accra Region → country → Ghana ⓘ

Greater Accra Region → isSmallestRegionByAreaIn → Ghana ⓘ

Greater Accra Region → isMostDenselyPopulatedRegionIn → Ghana ⓘ

Greater Accra Region → hostsNationalCapitalOf → Ghana ⓘ

Greater Accra Region → isPrimaryPoliticalHubOf → Ghana ⓘ

Greater Accra Region → isPrimaryEconomicHubOf → Ghana ⓘ

Ga → spokenIn → Ghana ⓘ

subject surface form: Ga language

Ga → country → Ghana ⓘ

subject surface form: Ga language

Ga people → country → Ghana ⓘ

Ghanaian cedi → country → Ghana ⓘ

Ghanaian cedi → officialCurrencyOf → Ghana ⓘ

Ghanaian cedi → usedIn → Ghana ⓘ

Ghanaian cedi → legalTenderIn → Ghana ⓘ

Ghanaian cedi → monetaryAuthorityJurisdiction → Ghana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Ghana

Beasts of No Nation → countryOfOrigin → Ghana ⓘ

Beasts of No Nation → filmingLocation → Ghana ⓘ