Ghana

{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Republic o Ghana
|common_name            = Ghana
|image_flag             = Flag of Ghana.svg
|image_coat             = Coat of arms of Ghana.svg
|national_motto         = "Freedom and Justice"
|national_anthem        = {{vunblist |God Bless Our Homeland Ghana||}}
|image_map              = Ghana (orthographic projection).svg
|capital                     = Accra
|coordinates                 = 
|official_languages     = Inglis
|languages              =  
|languages_type         = Naitional leids
|ethnic_groups          =

|ethnic_groups_year     = 2010
|demonym                     = Ghanaian
|membership             = 
|membership_type        = 
|government_type             = 
|leader_title1               = Preses
|leader_name1                = Nana Akufo-Addo
|leader_title2               = Vice-Preses
|leader_name2                = Mahamudu Bawumia
|leader_title3               = 
|leader_name3                = 
|legislature                 = Pairlament
|sovereignty_type            = Unthirldom 
|established_event1          = Declared
|established_date1           = 6 Mairch 1957
|established_event2          = Realm
|established_date2           = 6 Mairch 1957 – 1 Julie 1960
|established_event3          = Republic
|established_date3           = 1 Julie 1960
|established_event4          = Current constitution
|established_date4           = 28 Apryle 1992
|area_km2                    = 238,535
|area_rank                   = 80t
|area_sq_mi                  = 92,099 
|percent_water               = 
|population_estimate         = 27,043,093
|population_census           = 24,200,000
|population_estimate_year    = 2014
|population_estimate_rank    = 45t
|population_census_year      = 2010
|population_density_km2      = 101.5
|population_density_sq_mi    = 258.8 
|population_density_rank     = 103rd
|GDP_PPP                     = $131.498 billion
|GDP_PPP_year                = 2017
|GDP_PPP_rank                = 70t
|GDP_PPP_per_capita          = $4,650
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank     = 126t
|GDP_nominal                 = $42.753 billion
|GDP_nominal_year            = 2017
|GDP_nominal_rank            = 69t
|GDP_nominal_per_capita      = $1,511
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 126t
|Gini                        = 42.8
|Gini_year                   = 2006
|Gini_change                 = 
|Gini_ref                    =
|Gini_rank                   =
|HDI                         = 0.579
|HDI_year                    = 2015
|HDI_change                  = increase
|HDI_ref                     =
|HDI_rank                    = 139th
|currency                    = Ghana cedi (GH₵)
|currency_code               = GHS
|time_zone                   = GMT
|utc_offset                  = +0
|drives_on                   = richt
|calling_code                = +233
|cctld                       = .gh
|area_magnitude              = 1 E11
|country_code                = GH
}}
Ghana (), offeecially the Republic o Ghana, is a kintra locate in Wast Africae. It mairches wastle wi Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), norlins wi Burkina Faso, eastle wi Togo, an soothlins wi the Gulf o Guinea. The wird Ghana means "Warrior Keeng"Jackson, John G. Introduction to African Civilizations, 2001. Page 201. an is derived frae the auncient Ghana Empire.

Ghana wis dwallt in pre-colonial times bi a nummer o auncient predominantly Akan kinricks, includin the Akwamu on the easter strand, the inland Ashanti Empire an various Fante an non-Akan states, lik the Ga an Ewe, alang the strand an inland. The Mande-Gur speakin groups in the north o the kintra estaiblisht several Islamized states, in parteecular Dagbon an Gonja, an wis the middle-men in tred atween ither lairger sahelian Muslim states (lik Mali an Songhai) an the early Akan kinricks, inspecially in the gowd, sclave an saut tred. Tred wi European states fordert efter contack wi the Portuguese in the 15t century, an the Breetish estaiblisht the Gold Coast Crown colony in 1874.MacLean, Iain. Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair, 2001. Page 76.

The Gowd Coast gat roon unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick in 1957, becomin the first Sub-Saharan African naition tae dae the like,Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged, 2001. Pages 813, 1050., encarta.msn.com an the name Ghana wis chuisen for the new naition tae refleck the auncient Empire o Ghana, whilk ance stendit ootthrough a feck o wast Africae. Ghana is a memmer o the Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone, the Commonweel o Naitions, the Economic Community o Wast African States, the African Union, an an associate member o La Francophonie. Ghana is the seicont lairgest producer o cocoa in the warld an is hame tae Lake Volta, the lairgest artificial loch in the warld bi surface aurie.

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Category:Kintras in Africae
Category:African Union member states
Category:Kintras borderin the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Economic Community o West African States
Category:Inglis-speakin kintras an territories
Category:Leeberal democracies
Category:Members o the Commonweel o Naitions
Category:States an territories established in 1957