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Ghana Heritage, Nature and Society

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What is the highest mountain peak in Ghana and where is it located?
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What is the highest mountain peak in Ghana and where is it located?
Mount Afadja (Afadjato) at 885 metres, located in the Volta Region near the Togo border.
2
What is Ghana's only natural meteorite-impact freshwater lake?
Lake Bosumtwi, located 30 km southeast of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
3
What is the surface area of Lake Volta, one of the world's largest artificial reservoirs?
Approximately 8,502 square kilometres (covering about 3.6% of Ghana's land area).
4
Which major river basin drains roughly 70 percent of Ghana's total land area?
The Volta River Basin (Black Volta, White Volta, Red Volta, and Oti rivers).
5
What is the southernmost terrestrial point of Ghana projecting into the Atlantic?
Cape Three Points in the Western Region.
6
Which national park is Ghana's largest and oldest wildlife conservation reserve?
Mole National Park, covering about 4,577 square kilometres in the Savannah Region.
7
Which national park in the Central Region is globally famous for its 350-metre forest canopy walkway?
Kakum National Park.
8
Which waterfall in the Volta Region is the highest vertical cascade in West Africa?
Wli Waterfalls (Agumatsa Falls) near Hohoe, dropping roughly 80 metres.
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What sacred crocodile sanctuary is located in the Upper East Region near the Burkina Faso border?
Paga Crocodile Pond.
10
Where are sacred Mona and Colobus monkeys protected and given traditional burials upon death?
Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary in the Bono East Region.
11
Which town in the Ashanti Region has operated one of the world's richest gold mines for over a century?
Obuasi (Obuasi Gold Mine).
12
Where was Ghana's primary alluvial diamond mining industry historically centered?
Akwatia in the Birim river basin (Eastern Region).
13
What major offshore oil and gas field began commercial petroleum production in Ghana in 2010?
The Jubilee Oil Field.
14
When was the Akosombo Hydroelectric Dam on the Volta River inaugurated?
In 1966 by President Kwame Nkrumah, generating 1,020 megawatts.
15
How many administrative regions comprise Ghana following the 2018/2019 reorganisations?
16 administrative regions.
16
Which city served as the British colonial capital of the Gold Coast until 1877?
Cape Coast (transferred to Accra in 1877).
17
Which harvest festival is celebrated by the Ga people of Greater Accra to 'hoot at hunger'?
Homowo Festival, featuring the sprinkling of kpokpoi.
18
Which annual deer-catching festival is celebrated by the Effutu of Winneba?
Aboakyer Festival.
19
What Akan visual symbol system conveys philosophical proverbs and cultural values?
Adinkra Symbols (such as Gye Nyame and Sankofa).
20
Which town in the Ashanti Region is renowned as the historic center of Asante Kente weaving?
Bonwire.
21
What international continental trade secretariat is permanently headquartered in Accra?
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.
22
What was Ghana's total population enumerated in the 2021 Population and Housing Census?
Approximately 30.8 million people.
23
What is the oldest European building surviving in Sub-Saharan Africa, constructed in 1482?
Elmina Castle (São Jorge da Mina) in the Central Region.
24
What 500-year-old stilt settlement in the Western Region is built entirely over Lake Amansuri?
Nzulezo Stilt Settlement.
25
What is Ghana's oldest public university, founded at Legon in 1948?
The University of Ghana (originally University College of the Gold Coast).
26
Who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, winning the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize?
Kofi Annan (1938–2018).

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