Ghana (officially called the Republic of Ghana), is a sovereign multinational state and unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning land mass of 238,535 km2, Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" in Mande. |
Reign / Rule | From | To | Coins Issued |
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Queen Elizabeth II | 6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 |
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Official Name | Ghana |
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From | 1957 |
Flag | |
Wiki | See Wikipedia page |
Country | From | To | |
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Gold Coast, British | 1821 | 1957 |
Currency | From | To |
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British West African Pound | 1957 | 1958 |
Ghanaian Pound | 1958 | 1965 |
First Cedi | 1965 | 1967 |
New Cedi | 1967 | 2007 |
Ghana Cedi | 2007 |