Ghana+-+Anna+Watterson

Ghana's Flag:  The Ghana Flag has 3 colors. The top band of the flag is red wich represents the blood of all the warriors who fought for there independence. The next band is yellow for the countries mineral weath. The last band is green for forests and natural wealth. The black star is said to be he lodestar of African freedom. Location:  ﻿Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo. Climate-  Tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north. Terrain-  Mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area. Population: 23,887,812 Growth Rate: 1.897% Birht Rate: 28.74 births/1,000 population Death Rate9.13 deaths/1,000 population HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate: 1.9% People Living with HIV/AIDS: 260,000 Deaths of HIV/AIDS: 21,000 Infections & Diseases
 * Food or Waterborne: Bacterial and protooal diarrhea, Hepatitis A, and Typhoid fever.
 * VectorBorne Diseases: Malaria
 * Water Contact Diseases: Schistosomiasis
 * Animal contact Disease: Rabis

Religions
 * Christian 68.8%
 * Muslim 15.9%
 * Other 8.5%

Languages Education Expenditures
 * Asante 14.8%
 * Ewe 12.7%
 * Fante 9.9%
 * Boron (Brong) 4.6%
 * Dagomba 4.3%
 * Dangme 4.3%
 * Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%
 * Akyem 3.4%
 * Ga 3.4%
 * Akuapem 2.9%
 * Other 36.
 * 5.4% of GDP



Government - Constitutional Democracy Capital - Accra Independence - Mach, 6, 1992 Economy- Exchange Rate: *Per US Dollar - 1.4 (2009) 1.1 (2008)  0.95 (2007)  9,174.8 (2006)  9,072.5 (2007)

Transportation: Airports with paved runways Airports with unpaved Pipelines Railways Roadways Waterways Merchant Marine Ports and Terminals

Transnational Issues
 * Ghana struggles to accommodate returning nationals who worked the cocoa plantations and escaped fighting in the Cote D'ivoire.
 * Refugees from Liberia and Togo
 * Drugs are also a very big issue.

Cote D'ivoire  Cote D'ivoire is close to France since there independence in 1960. The development of Cocoa Production for export, and foreign investment made Cote d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the West African states. But did not protect it from political turmoil. In December 1999, a military coup, the first ever Cote d'Ivoire's in history to over-through a government. And is also known as the "Ivory Coast."

Facts: www.cia.gov. (World Fact Book) Book: Ghana (Countries of the World) Written by: Lucile Davis. Anna Watterson 9/21/09