Ghana
Background:
Ghana was formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory. In 1957 it became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. The capital city is Acra. (http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcghana.htm. 10/20/09)
Geography
Ghana is a West African country bordering on the Gulf of Guinea, is bounded by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It compares in size to Oregon, and its home to lake Volta, the largest artificial lake in the world. It is also the second largest producer of Cocoa.
(http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107584.html.10/20/09)
Government
Ghana follows Constitutional democracy. (http://www.infoplease.com/people.html. 10/20/09)
(http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcghana.htm.10/20/09)
Climate
The climatic condition in Ghana is tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north. (http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcghana.htm.10/20/09)
Natural resources
The main natural resources that are found in Ghana are gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone. (http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcghana.htm.10/20/09)
Population
According to the 2005 census, the total population was 21,029,853. (http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcghana.htm.10/20/09)
Religions
Ghana have a diverse cultures that follows different religions the most common are Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%. (http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcghana.htm.10/20/09)
Languages
The official language in Ghana is English but other indigenous languages including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga are the widely speaking ones. (http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcghana.htm.10/20/09)
Culture
Ghana is an ethnically diverse country; thus, Ghanaian culture is a mixture of all its ethnic groups, the Ashanti, Fante, Akyem, Kwahu, Ga, Ewe, Mamprusi and Dagomba, among others. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana. 10/20/09)
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