Quick facts about Ghana
Ghana was founded 6 March, 1957 as the first independent country in colonial Africa.The capital of Ghana is Accra.As of July 2006, Ghana had an estimated population of 22,409,572 people.Ghana is run under a constitutional democracy.Ghana's natural resources include: gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petrolium, silver, salt and limestone.PLEASE CLICK IMAGE BELOW TO VIEW OUR INTERACTIVE MAP
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As a frame of reference, Ghana is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Oregon. It has a tropical climate along the southeast coast, a hot and humid climate in the southwest and a hot and dry climate in the north. The geographic landscape consists mostly of low plains with dissected plateau in the south-central area. Ghana also hosts the largest man made lake in the world, Lake Volta. Despite an economy that relies heavily upon agriculuture, Ghana has only 17.54% arable land. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 30 March 2007 )
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