A Few Facts About Ghana

It's always nice to know a bit about where you're going, so here are a few quick facts about Ghana I uncovered that I thought you might find interesting:

1. Lake Volta is the world’s largest artificial lake.
2. Ghana has 9,995 km of paved road; 52,266 km of unpaved road.
3. There 23,832,495 people living in 239,460 sq km (which is slightly smaller than Oregon).
4. There are 11 airports in Ghana, 7 of which have paved runways.
5. Life expectancy at birth is 58.98 yr for males, 60.75 years for females.
6. 17.54% of the country is deemed arable land, with 310 sq km of irrigated land.
7. There are 5 km of oil pipelines, and 309 km of pipeline for refined products.
8. There are no AM radio stations, 86 FM, and 3 shortwave radio broadcast stations.
9. Annual rate of urbanization is 3.5%.
10. Highest point in the country is Mount Afadjato, reaching 880 m.

(Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/GH.html)