Coordinates: 7°49′N 1°03′W / 7.817°N 1.050°W / 7.817;
-1.050Ghana (/ˈɡÉ'Ë nÉ™/ (listen)), officially the Republic of
Ghana, is a country along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean,
in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2
(92,099 sq mi), Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west,
Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east, and the Gulf of Guinea
and Atlantic Ocean in the south. Ghana means "Warrior King" in the
Soninke language.The first permanent state in the territory of
present-day Ghana dates back to the 11th century, the Bono State.
Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the
most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon and the Kingdom of Ashanti.
Beginning in the 15th century, the Portuguese Empire, followed by
numerous other European powers, contested the area for trading rights,
until the British ultimately established control of the coast by the
late 19th century. Following over a century of native resistance, what
are now Ghana's borders follow the lines of what were four separate
British colonial territories: Gold Coast, Ashanti, the Northern
Territories and British Togoland. Those were unified as an independent
dominion within the British Commonwealth on 6 March 1957.Ghana's
population of approximately 30 million spans a variety of ethnic,
linguistic and religious groups. According to the 2010 census, 71.2%
of the population was Christian, 17.6% was Muslim, and 5.2% practised
traditional faiths. Its diverse geography and ecology ranges from
coastal savannahs to tropical rain forests.
-1.050Ghana (/ˈɡÉ'Ë nÉ™/ (listen)), officially the Republic of
Ghana, is a country along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean,
in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2
(92,099 sq mi), Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west,
Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east, and the Gulf of Guinea
and Atlantic Ocean in the south. Ghana means "Warrior King" in the
Soninke language.The first permanent state in the territory of
present-day Ghana dates back to the 11th century, the Bono State.
Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the
most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon and the Kingdom of Ashanti.
Beginning in the 15th century, the Portuguese Empire, followed by
numerous other European powers, contested the area for trading rights,
until the British ultimately established control of the coast by the
late 19th century. Following over a century of native resistance, what
are now Ghana's borders follow the lines of what were four separate
British colonial territories: Gold Coast, Ashanti, the Northern
Territories and British Togoland. Those were unified as an independent
dominion within the British Commonwealth on 6 March 1957.Ghana's
population of approximately 30 million spans a variety of ethnic,
linguistic and religious groups. According to the 2010 census, 71.2%
of the population was Christian, 17.6% was Muslim, and 5.2% practised
traditional faiths. Its diverse geography and ecology ranges from
coastal savannahs to tropical rain forests.
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