Ghana is a country in Africa, its borders Ivory Coast, Burnika Faso, Togo, and Guniea.
The climate is a tropical warm and comparatively dry along southeast, and its hot and humid in the southwest, and hot and dry in the north
Ghana's motto is "Freedom and Justice" and their anthem is "God Bless are Homeland Ghana". Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa. Ghana is split into 10 regions Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, and Western. Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy at independence in 1957, followed by alternating military and civilian governments. Ghana is located on the Gulf of Guniea only a few degrees north of the equator. The most populated city is Accra which has a population of 2,096,653 people, the second biggest city is Kumasi which has a population of 1,604,909 people. "The major ethnic groups are Akan 49%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%. European and other: 0.2%. Religious divisions are as follows: Christian 63%, African beliefs 21%, Muslim 16%, More recent estimates indicate that Muslims make up 30% of the population" states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana The climate is very tropical. The southwest corner is hot and humid, the north is hot and dry. Ghana also holds the biggest artificial lake which extends through eastern Ghana. |
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