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Transportation of Ghana

Airports:12 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 7
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Pipelines:oil 13 km; refined products 316 km (2006)
Railways:total: 953 km
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 42,623 km
paved: 3,267 km
unpaved: 39,356 km (2004)
Waterways:1,293 km
note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 6,308 GRT/9,418 DWT
by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Brazil 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Takoradi, Tema

Ghana Quickstats

  • Population: 22,931,299
  • Area: 239,460 sq km
  • Density: 93 /km² (103rd)
  • GDP (total): $60 billion (75th)
  • GDP (per capita): $2,700 (136th)
  • Literacy: 57.9%

Languages of Ghana

  • Asante
  • Fante
  • Boron
  • Dagomba
  • Dagarte

Useful to know

  • Currency: Ghanaian cedi (GHS)
  • Dial code: +233

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