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Ghana, as the erstwhile British Gold Coast colony, adopted Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00) on 2 November 1915 via the Interpretation Amendment Ordinance. [5] Daylight saving time (DST) was first introduced in 1919, advancing the clock twenty minutes to UTC+00:20 at 02:00 (local time) on the first day of September and reverting to UTC+00:00 – the standard time – on the first day of January ...
Names for the offsets vary by country and jurisdiction: [3] in Africa, UTC+01:00 is commonly known as "West Africa Time", however Algeria, [14] Morocco and Tunisia [15] designate the offset by its European name, "Central European Time"; UTC+02:00 – commonly known as "Central Africa Time" – is designated as "South African Standard Time" by ...
There are a total of 276 constituencies in Ghana. The 9th Parliament is set to convene on 7 January 2025 to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament. One new constituency, Guan was contested for the first time in this parliament. [3]
Get the Labadi, Greater Accra local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
This record saw Ghana surpass South Africa in output for the first time, making Ghana the largest gold producer in Africa. [163] In addition to gold, Ghana exports silver, timber, diamonds, bauxite, and manganese, and has other mineral deposits. [164] Ghana ranks 9th in the world in diamond export and reserve size. [165]
The Black Star Square in Accra. Tourism in Ghana accounted for 1,087,000 international tourist arrivals in 2011. [80] Accra is the Greater Accra region's tourist hub, sporting a wide variety of hotels, monuments, museums and nightclubs.
TV Africa is the first private fully owned Ghanaian free to air television station that has been consistent and has a credible brand for over 20 years. The station has been positioned to be the voice of Africa and the go-to station for authentic Africa news with a strong production of In-House TV programming and the best In-House TV studios (5 large and infrastructure fit studios).
Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, [2] and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of approximately 161,612 people ...