Ghana Political Facts:
- Conventional Long Form: Republic of Ghana
- Capitol City: Accra
- Type of Government: Constitutional Democracy
- Holiday(s): Independence Day March 6 (1957)
- Chief of State:
- Head of Government:
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- Description of Executive Branch/Powers: President and vice president are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms (eligible for a second term); election last held on 7 December 2012, extended to 8 December because of technical difficulties (next to be held in December 2016
- Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: Unicameral Parliament (257 seats; members elected by direct, popular vote in single-seat constituencies to serve four-year terms)
- Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court (consists of a chief justices and 12 justices). Chief justice appointed by the president in consultation with the Council of State and on the advice of the Council of State; Justices can retire ate age 60 with compulsory retirement at age 70.
- Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
- Name of THEIR Ambassador in the U.S.: Ambassador Amma Adamaa Twum Amoah
- Location of THEIR embassy in U.S.: 3512 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
- Location(s) of THEIR consulate(s) in the U.S.: New York
- Name of U.S. Ambassador to THEM: Ambassador Gene A. Cretz
- Location of U.S. embassy THERE: 24 Fourth Circular Rd., Cantonements,Accra.
- Location(s) of U.S. consulate(s) THERE: N/A
- Name of their representative to UN: Ken Kanda
- Picture of the flag:
- Description of the Symbolism of flag: The red represents the blood of those who died in the county's struggle for independence, the gold represents the mineral wealth of the country, the green symbolizes the country's rich forests and natural wealth, and the black star stands freedoms.
- Video or Audio of their national anthem:
- National Symbol(s): The Ghana Coat of Arms which is the badge of the nation. It shows two eagles carrying a shield signifying that Ghana's independence is in safe hands. They also have symbols within clothing for certain meanings such as; Osrane mifiti preko ntware man (It takes the moon sometime to go round the nation) Adinkra hene (Chief of all the Adinkra designs) It forms the basis of Adinkra printing.
- Descriptions of international Disputes: Disputed maritime border betwen Ghana ab cote D'Ivoire
- Quantity of Refugees AND country(ies) of origin of refugees : 9,567(Cote D'Ivoire 2010) 5,249 (Liberia)
- Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: N/A
- Quantity of Stateless Persons: N/A
- Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: illicit prodicer of cannavis for the international drug trade; major transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin ans, to a lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US; widespread crime and money laundering problem, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money laundering center; significantly domestic cocaine and cannabis use.