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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Oregon
Area > Land	230,940 sq km		[78th of 238]
Definition: Geography > Area > Land
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	239,460 sq km		[84th of 250]
Definition: Geography > Area > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Accra - 1,970,400
Definition: Geography > Capital city with population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
Definition: Geography > Climate
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mount Afadjato 880 m
Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	27.8%		[99th of 193]
Definition: Geography > Forested Land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	8 00 N, 2 00 W
Definition: Geography > Geographic coordinates
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km
Definition: Geography > Land boundaries > Border countries
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	17.54%		[65th of 258]
Definition: Geography > Land use > Arable land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	1,673,000		[63rd of 174]
Definition: Geography > Largest city population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city with population	Accra - 1,970,400
Definition: Geography > Largest city with population
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo
Definition: Geography > Location
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Africa
Definition: Geography > Map references
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts
Definition: Geography > Natural hazards
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone
Definition: Geography > Natural resources
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	82.11 people per sqkm		[110th of 256]
Definition: Geography > Population density
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	97.18 people/m²		[88th of 204]
Definition: Geography > Population density > people per sq. km
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	238,540 km²		[80th of 206]
Definition: Geography > Surface area > sq. km
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mount Afadjato
Definition: Geography > tallest mountains > Mountain
Source: World Development Indicators database

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