Country Profile

The Country : Republic of Ghana Capital City : Accra Commercial Language : English Currency : The Cedi Exchange rate : US$1 - 9,167.73 cedis Minimum wage : Cedi, 16,000/day (Feb. 2006) Population : 18,912,079 (Ghana Statistical Service, 2000 Population Census) Population Density : 79.3 persons per square km <2000> Female Population : 50.5% <2000> Male Population : 49.5% <2000> Children Below 15 years : 41.3% <2000> Elderly Persons Above 64 years : 5.3% <2000> Growth Rate : 2.6% <2000> Literacy Rate : 64.5% Male : 70% Female : 51% Land Size : 238,537 km2 (92,100 square miles) Land Area : 23.8 million hectares Arable land : 13 million hectares <57%> Electricity : 220 - 240 Volts Local Time and Business Hours : Local time is the same as Greenwich Mean Time . Business Hours are as follows: 08.00 to 12.00 hours and 13.00 to 17.00 hours Geographical location : Latitude 4- 11.5 North and Longitude 3.11 West and 1.11 East Coastline 540 km Climate : Tropical, General 21-32 C Rainy Seasons, March - July, Sept. - Oct. Government Type : Constitutional Democracy Executive : President, Cabinet President : H. E. John Agyekum Kufuor Legislature : Unicameral National Assembly Constitution : Approved, 28th April 1992 Judicial branch : Supreme Court Legal System : Based on English common law and customary Law.