Ghana
Coordinates: 7°49′N 1°03′W / 7.817°N 1.050°W
Ghana (ɡanə), offeecially the Republic o Ghana, is a kintra locate in Wast Africae. It mairches wastle wi Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), norlins wi Burkina Faso, eastle wi Togo, an soothlins wi the Gulf o Guinea. The wird Ghana means "Warrior Keeng"[10] an is derived frae the auncient Ghana Empire.
Republic o Ghana | |
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Motto: "Freedom and Justice" | |
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| Caipital | Accra 5°33′N 0°12′W / 5.550°N 0.200°W |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis[2][3] |
| Naitional leids | |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Demonym(s) | Ghanaian |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Nana Akufo-Addo |
| Mahamudu Bawumia | |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
| Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick | |
• Declared | 6 Mairch 1957 |
• Realm | 6 Mairch 1957 – 1 Julie 1960 |
• Republic | 1 Julie 1960 |
| 28 Apryle 1992 | |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi) (80t) |
• Water (%) | 4.61 (11,000 km2 / 4,247 mi2) |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 27,043,093[5] (45t) |
• 2010 census | 24,200,000[6] |
• Density | 101.5/km2 (262.9/sq mi) (103rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $131.498 billion[7] (70t) |
• Per capita | $4,650[7] (126t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $42.753 billion[7] (69t) |
• Per capita | $1,511[7] (126t) |
| Gini (2006) | 42.8[8] medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.579[9]medium · 139th |
| Currency | Ghana cedi (GH₵) (GHS) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +233 |
| ISO 3166 code | GH |
| Internet TLD | .gh |
Ghana wis dwallt in pre-colonial times bi a nummer o auncient predominantly Akan kinricks, includin the Akwamu on the easter strand, the inland Ashanti Empire an various Fante an non-Akan states, lik the Ga an Ewe, alang the strand an inland. The Mande-Gur speakin groups in the north o the kintra estaiblisht several Islamized states, in parteecular Dagbon an Gonja, an wis the middle-men in tred atween ither lairger sahelian Muslim states (lik Mali an Songhai) an the early Akan kinricks, inspecially in the gowd, sclave an saut tred. Tred wi European states fordert efter contack wi the Portuguese in the 15t century, an the Breetish estaiblisht the Gold Coast Crown colony in 1874.[11]
The Gowd Coast gat roon unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick in 1957, becomin the first Sub-Saharan African naition tae dae the like,[12][13][14] an the name Ghana wis chuisen for the new naition tae refleck the auncient Empire o Ghana, whilk ance stendit ootthrough a feck o wast Africae. Ghana is a memmer o the Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone, the Commonweel o Naitions, the Economic Community o Wast African States, the African Union, an an associate member o La Francophonie. Ghana is the seicont lairgest producer o cocoa in the warld an is hame tae Lake Volta, the lairgest artificial loch in the warld bi surface aurie.[15]
Etymology
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The wird Ghana means Warrior King an wis the title accorded tae the kings o the medieval West African Ghana Empire.[16] Geographically, the Ghana Empire wis thareaboot 500 mile (800 km) north an wast o modren Ghana, an it ruled territories in the aurie o the Sénégal River an east taewart the Niger River, in modren Senegal, Mauritanie an Mali.
Ghana wis adoptit as the legal name for the Gowd Coast combined wi Breetish Togoland upo gainin autonomy on Mairch 6, 1957. It wis no till Julie 1, 1960, housomeivver, that Ghana threapit its complete unthirldom frae Breetain an became kent as the Republic o Ghana.
References
eedit- ↑ "Emefa.myserver.org". Archived frae the original on 26 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ "Language and Religion". Ghana Embassy. Archived frae the original on 1 Mairch 2017. Retrieved 8 Januar 2017.
English is the official language of Ghana and is universally used in schools in addition to nine other local languages. The most widely spoken local languages are, Ga, Dagomba, Akan and Ewe.
- ↑ a b "Ghana – 2010 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Government of Ghana. 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 1 Juin 2013.
- ↑ "People > Ethnic groups: Countries Compared". NationMaster. Retrieved 22 Julie 2014.
- ↑ "Population projection by sex, 2010 to 2014, National" (PDF). Ghana Statistical Service. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ Antoinette I. Mintah (2010). "2010 Provisional Census Results Out". 4 February 2011. Population Division, Ghana Government. Archived frae the original on 15 Juin 2011. Retrieved 7 Februar 2011. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help); Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ a b c d "Ghana". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "GINI index–World Bank". World Bank. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ Jackson, John G. Introduction to African Civilizations, 2001. Page 201.
- ↑ MacLean, Iain. Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair, 2001. Page 76.
- ↑ Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged, 2001. Pages 813, 1050.
- ↑ Ghana - MSN Encarta. Archived frae the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 15 Februar 2011. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help), encarta.msn.com - ↑ "NEWS.BBC.co.uk". NEWS.BBC.co.uk. 9 Februar 2010. Retrieved 26 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "Geography.about.com". Geography.about.com. Archived frae the original on 8 Februar 2012. Retrieved 26 Juin 2010.
- ↑ Ghana - MSN Encarta. Archived frae the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 15 Februar 2011. Unknown parameter
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