africa • GHA
Ghana
Location marker · geographic overview
8° N / 2° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Accra
- Population
- 34,427,414 2024
- Area
- 238,533 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English
- Currency
- Ghanaian cedi (GHS)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Ghana
Ghana is a country in West Africa.
Landscape & landmarks
For many visitors the history of Ghana starts with the slave trade, and interaction with Europeans, but there was a long and rich history before that. Remnants of thriving civilisations can be seen in the Northern region, at both the Larabanga mosque which dates from the 15th century and the 16th-century Nalerigu Defence Wall.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Traditional food is fun to try and easy to enjoy. Fufu, the most widely served traditional dish, consists of pounded balls of yam, plantain, or cassava served with a variety of soups and meat or fish stews. Soups are typically made of groundnuts, palm nut, okra and other vegetables.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-21. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Calling code
- +233
- Internet domain
- .gh
- Land border codes
- BFA, CIV, TGO
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .gh. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.