Ghana

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Capital: Ghanaian

Total Area (Sq. Miles): 92,098

Land Covered by Water: 3.5%

Time Zone: GMT (UTC0)

Climate: tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north

Approximate Population: 23,000,001

Official Language: English

Religion: Christianity, Traditionalist, Islam

Currency: Ghanaian Cedi 

Most prevalent illnesses or diseases:

Traveler's Diarrhea, Cholera, Malaria, E. coli (Escherichia coli), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Schistosomiasis - found in fresh water, Typhoid Fever, Yellow fever, Dengue Fever, Filariasis, Leishmaniasis (Leishmania Infection), Onchocerciasis (River Blindness), African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness), Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis - endemic to the region, Chikungunya Fever

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