Ghana

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GHANA FACTS:

Population:

21,029,853

Type of Government:

Constitutional Democracy

Name of Ruler:

Mr. John Agyethum Kufour

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d’Ivoire & Togo

Area:

total: 239,460, = land: 230,940, water: 8,520

Climate:

tropical; hot, humid, and dry

GDP:

$48.27 billion (2004 est.)

Capital:

Accra

Natural Recourses:

gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese,  fish, rubber, hydropower

Language:

English (official), African languages (including Akan,

rubber, hydropower Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)


 

                                                                               

All information acquired from the following:

 

 

     http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gh.html

 

     http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/

 

     http://www.lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ghtoc.html

 

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana

 

     http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Ghana

 

     http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/infopays/wfb.php3?CODEPAYS=GHA