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Situated on the southern end of the region of Western Africa, Ghana is a a former British colony which gained independence in 1957, the 1st sub-Saharan nation to do so. The country's coastline in the south faces onto the Gulf of Guinea, but it has three neighbours, with Cote d'Ivoire (688km) bordering it to the west, Burkina Faso (549km) to the north and Togo (877km) to the east. Its population of 24.8 million makes it 48th most populous nation in the world. Its capital city, Accra, on the coast has just under 2 million citizens, making it one of the biggest capitals on the continent.

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Ghana, Republic of Ghana

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a concerned Ghanaian 6th May 2011	Karen, please do not misinform the world. Besides English & twi, more languages are widely spoken in Ghana than Ga. Hausa and ewe speakers in Ghana are more than Ga speakers.
Kwaw 4th March 2011	This is badly outdated.
bo dea!!! 5th May 2010	THIS IS AN AWESOMEST WEBSITE TI LOOK FOR countries
james 22nd April 2010	please may i know if have elephants in ghana.thanks
Sam 12th April 2010	Ghana is an amazing country with lots of fun stuff to do!:-)
Gloria E.Arthur 3rd December 2009	I want to become a soldier as others.Since i have the interest of becoming a soldier i wish to be enrolled as a student of the Soldier Cadet Corps. Also am a cadet of Blessed Tutorial College,Kasoa. Iwill be very happy if my wish is granted and i will do all my best.
Ewurabena(tech) (ghana) 5th March 2009	you've done a very good job but how i wish you could throw more light on our educational sector.
Karen 20th June 2005	Congratulations on such an informative website about Ghana. It appears that there is a mistake concerning Ghanaian languages though. The main languages apart from English are Twi and Ga. Thought I'd let you know.

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