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Region: West-Africa
Area: 238,540 sq km
Border countries: Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Togo.

Climate: tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north

Government type: Consititutional democracy
Independence: 6 March 1957
Chief of state: President John Agyekum KUFUOR (since 7 January 2001
Capital: Accra
Population: 20,244,154 (July 2002 est.)
Major tribes: Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%)