| Official
Name : |
REPUBLIC
OF GHANA |
| Total Area: |
238,533
square kilometres. |
| Population: |
24,791,000
(2011estimate). |
| Languages: |
English
(official), Plus Akan, Mole-Dagbani, Ewe, others. |
| Religions: |
Traditional 40%, Islam 30%, Christian 35%. |
| Capital: |
Accra,
population 2.3 million. (2009) |
| Currency: |
cedi subdivided into 100 pesiwas. |
| Independant: |
The Gold Coast achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 6th March 1957. |
| Geography: |
The land in Ghana rises either side of the Volta River Basin to form the Ashanti plateau in the west. East of Lake Volta (highest point 885m) . The soil is less fertile than the soils of the forest zone.
11% of the country is cultivated and 1 quarter is evergreen and deciduous tropical forest.
|
| Flag: |
The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire, It was the first British colony in Africa to become independant and it's flag was copied by other former colonies. the Black star (the "Lode star") of African Freedom came from the Black star of the Black Star Shipping Company founded in 1919 by Marcus Garvey (a Jamaican Nationalist who promoted the Back to Africa Movement.
The Flag proportions are 2:3. To print flag below, click and select "open image in new window",
then print in landscape mode. |
