Ghana

Overview: (FLAG- red, gold, and green with a black star in the middle) Ghana is located at the west side of Africa. The Capital of Ghana is Accra. Total Area in square miles is 92,100. The official language spoken in Ghana is English, Akan, mosi-dagomba, Ewe, Ga, and other languages. The major religions in the country is predominantly Christian, indigenous, Muslims. Ghana is populated of 21,400,000 people, and it's population density is 232(urban population is 44%). Life expectancy for the average Ghanaian is at the age of 58. The Annual Population Growth from Births and Deaths is at 2.2%. Gross Domestic Product(per capita in U.S $) is $2,200. The literacy rate in Ghana is 75%. The number (per 100,000 people) of Doctors in the country are 9. Televisions(per 1,000 people) is 51 and Internet Users(per 1,000 people) is 8.

Climate Zones: Tropical wet and dry meaning hot weather all year wit rainy and dry seasons. Having lived in Ghana for over 7 years, I can testify that it's hot in the summer(june, july and august) but I little cool in the early months( Jan., Feb. and Dec.). The average precipitation is anywhere from .5 to 5 inches of rain year round, meaning it rains a whole lot.

Vegetation: Temperate grassland(mostly)and Broadleaf evergreen forest.

Population Density and Population: Pop. density is 232 in Ghana and the total population is 21,400,00. Ghana isn't an extremely populated country but the space in the country itself isn't very big. Compared to the United States, Ghana is a small country, in both population and square miles.

Economic Activity: Subsistence farming is mostly depended on in Ghana.