Formerly a British colony known as the Gold Coast.

Ghana became, in 1957, the first black nation in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve independence. 

The country is named for the ancient empire of Ghana, from which the ancestors of the inhabitants of the present country are thought to have migrated. 

The total area is 238,537 sq km (92,099 sq mi).

 Accra is Ghana's capital and largest city.