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| Name: | Ghana (Republic of Ghana) |
| Former name: | Gold Coast (Gold Coast) – until 1957 |
| Bordering countries: | Togo, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 238.5 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 20 468 ths. |
| Capital: | Accra |
| Official language: | English |