• GHANA IS A SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY
• POPULATION: 23.800M (2009) 24 MILLION (2010)
• POPULATION GROWTH ANNUAL: 2.4
• GDP: 26.2 BILLION USD
• GDP PER CAPITA: 1,098 USD
• GDP GROWTH ANNUAL: 4.7 USD
• LIFE EXPECTANCY TOTAL YEAR: 63.4 AT BIRTH
• INFANT MORTALITY RATE: ( PER 1,000 BIRTHS ) 51.3
• LITERACY RATE, YOUTH: (FEMALE AGES 15 – 24 78.9
• PREVALENCE OF HIV/AIDS AGES 15 – 49 5.4 (2007)
SOURCE: WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS (WORLD BANK WEBSITE)
• TOTAL LAND AREA: ( 92456 SQ M) (239460 SQ KM)
• INDEPENDENCE: MARCH 1957
• GHANA HAS TEN (10) ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
• GHANA HAS 170 DISTRICTS
• DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES ARE THE POLITICAL AUTHORITIES
• GHANA HAS 230 ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCIES
• FOR 2012 ELECTIONS THERE ARE PLANS TO INCREASE CONSTITUENCIES (20 MORE)
• GHANA HAS HAD FIVE SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS SINCE 1992
• GHANA IS AN ISLAND OF ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY IN THE OCEAN OF FRANCOPHONE NATIONS : ( BURKINA FASO IN THE NORTH, TOGO IN THE EAST, COTE D’IVORE IN THE WEST AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN THE SOUTH)
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