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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Ghana accepted the convention, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.
Mole National Park, one of Ghana's seven national parks, is the country's largest wildlife refuge. [ 1][ 2] The park is located in the Savannah region of Ghana on savanna and riparian ecosystems at an elevation of 50 m, with a sharp escarpment forming the southern boundary of the park. The Park is 24 km from Damongo, the district capital, 146 ...
Ghana ranks as the seventieth-most stable country in the world and as the 58th–most peaceful country in the world. [5] In 2011, Ghana made $2.19 billion ($2,019,000,000) from the tourism sector, from an estimated 1.1 million international tourist arrivals. [6] [7] In 2012, Ghana's tourism sector made $1.7 billion from 993,600 international ...
Coordinates: 5°31′27″N 1°10′07″W. The Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River also called Nnonkonsuo or Donkor Nsuo (singular) was one of the slave markets for gathering indigenes during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [1] [2] It is located in the Central Region of Ghana, forty (40) kilometers along the Cape Coast-Kumasi highway.
Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural lake in Ghana. It is situated within an ancient impact crater that is about 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) in diameter. [ 2] It is about 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, and is a popular recreational area. There are about 30 villages near the crater lake of Lake Bosumtwi, with a combined ...
Kakum National Park. / 5.35361°N 1.38333°W / 5.35361; -1.38333. Kakum National Park, located in the coastal environs of the Central Region [ 1][ 2][ 3] of Ghana, [ 4] covers an area of 375 square kilometres (145 sq mi). Established in 1931 as a reserve, it was gazetted as a national park only in 1992 after an initial survey of ...
Ahwiaa wood carvings. Bobiri Butterfly sanctuary [1] Ntonso Adinkra Arts and crafts village. Bonwire Kente Weaving. Lake Bosumtwi. Kumasi Zoo. Pankrono pottery. Kejetia Market.
Ghana is a West African country in Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea . Ghana encompasses plains, low hills, rivers, Lake Volta, the world's largest artificial lake, Dodi Island and Bobowasi Island on the south Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana. Ghana can be divided into four different geographical ecoregions.