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An elephant in the Mole Park |
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VITAL
INFORMATION ABOUT GHANA
CAPITAL |
Accra |
INDEPENDENCE |
6th
March 1957 |
REPUBLIC |
1st
July 1960 |
AREA |
238,305
sq Km |
POLITICAL
REGIONS |
10 |
ADMINISTRATIVE
DISTRICTS |
138 |
OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE |
English |
FIRST
ENCOUNTER WITH EUROPEANS |
15TH
Century (1471) |
HIGHEST
ELEVATION |
872 Metres (2905 Feet) |
NATIONAL
COLOURS |
Horizontal strips of Red, Gold
and Green with a five-pointed Black
star in the center of the Gold. |
MOTTO |
Freedom and Justice |
NATIONAL
PARKS |
15.
Occupying 5.2% of total area |
CLIMATE |
Tropical |
WET
SEASON |
April- October |
DRY
SEASON |
November-March |
AVERAGE
JAN. TEMPERATURE |
28 Degrees Celsius (82.4 F) |
AVERAGE
JUNE TEMPERATURE |
25 Degrees Celsius (77.0 F) |
CURRENCY |
Cedi |
CURRENCY
DENOMINATIONS |
20,000;
10,000; 5,000; 2,000; 1,000;
500; 200; 100;
50; 20; and 10 |

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