FACTS & FIGURES

POPULATION 20,244,154 (July 2002 est.)

AREA 92,455.5 square miles. Slightly smaller than Oregon

LOCATION Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Ivory Coast and Togo

CAPITAL Accra

INDEPENDENCE 6 March 1957 (from UK)

CURRENCY Cedi (GHC)

EXCHANGE 1 US$ = 8,200 cedis (March 2003)

LANGUAGES English (official), African languages (including Akan, Ewe, Moshi-Dagomba and Ga)