Ghana

Overview:

Statistics:
 * Population:** 23,382,848 (July 2008)
 * National Language:** English, African languages
 * Location:** Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo
 * Coordinates:** 8° 0' N 2° 0' W
 * Capital:** Accra
 * Main Cities:** Kumasi, Tamale
 * Area (km):** 239460 km2
 * Boundries (km):** 2,094 - Burkina Faso 549, Cote d'Ivoire 668, Togo 877
 * Coast Line (km):** 539
 * Timezone (GMT):** 0
 * Main Exports:** gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticulture
 * Natural Hazords:** dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts
 * Physical Features:** Volta river, Lake Volta, mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area

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Geography:  ......................................................Map of Ghana. (erin rylands)

History: media type="youtube" key="3x-IwaVhnmo" height="344" width="425" ............................................This is a vidio of the history of ghana (erin rylands)

Economy: ......Front & back side of money from Ghana. (erin rylands)

Government: .................   This is Ghana's flag, the red stands for blood .........Ghana is a constitutional democracy. spilt in the fighting for independance; the gold stands for mineral rich nature of Ghana; the green stands for rich vegitation and finally the black star stands for emancipitation and unity in the struggle againts colonialism. (erin rylands)

Religion: This is the God that Ghanaians belived in before the religions of Islam and Christianity came to Ghana. This God was called Nyame by the Akins, the Ewes called this God Mawu. (erin rylands

**Culture:** media type="youtube" key="Bq7IqE9vnuE" height="344" width="425" ............................  There are 3 types of music in Ghana, ..........Ghana has diverse dishes from each ethinc group, ethnic, traditional and highlife music; ............tribe and clan. Although, most of Ghana's dishes highlife music which is combonation .............are made up of starchy portion, with a sauce or of tradtional music and "imported" ................soup saturated with fish, snails, meat or mushrooms. music.

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Social Problems: ............................................ A litle girl with dasise

Other: .................................The ghana coat of arm s (Jens)