The interior is connected to both Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi by road and rail. In either city Ghana's products are shipped around the world. Over 18 million people live in Ghana. This diversity of languages has led to the development of a Pidgin English, which is the most common language heard on the streets. While most Ghanaians now were Western clothing, the country is famous for the colorful kente cloth.
Men traditionally wrap the cloth around themselves, or women wear it as skirts and shirts.
Ghana's temperature varies from an average of 80 degrees in Accra and higher further inland. The land's vegetation is thick forest in the coastal areas, changing gradually into the savanna and grasslands of the northern regions. Lake Volta, which stretches for over 250 miles in central Ghana, is one of the world's largest man-made lakes. It consists of the reservoir behind Akosombo Dam in the Volta River Valley. The dam generates a surplus of electricity which is exported to Benin, Togo, and Ivory Coast.