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This plan envisions Ghana as the first African country to become a developed country between 2020 and 2029 and a newly industrialised country between 2030 and 2039. [134] This excludes fellow Group of 24 member and Sub-Saharan African country South Africa, which is a newly industrialised country.
The fourth region, the high plains, occupies the northern and northwestern sector of Ghana. [1] Like most West African countries, Ghana has no natural harbours. [1] Because strong surf pounds the shoreline, two artificial harbours were built at Takoradi and Tema (the latter completed in 1961) to accommodate Ghana's shipping needs. [1]
This is a list of regions of Ghana (2018 borders) ... Rank Region HDI (2022) Medium human development 1: Greater Accra: 0.670 2: Eastern: 0.622 3: Ashanti: 0.618 4 ...
On 4 April 1959, the Ashanti Region was split into the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions as a result of the Brong Ahafo Region Act No. 18 of 1959. [7] This was in line with what the Brong Kyempem movement had been campaigning for, which was the recognition of the Bono people as a separate ethnic group from the Ashantis with their own region.
The word "Ghana" means "Warrior King", [2] and was the source of the name "Guinea" (via French Guinoye) used to refer to the West African coast (as in Gulf of Guinea). Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan kingdoms, foremost the Bono state , including the inland Empire of Ashanti and various Fante ...
This is a list of Ghanaian regions by population, ranked according to the latest census, which took place on 26 September 2010.Past census data (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) is included for comparison.
The following table presents a listing of Ghana's 16 regions ranked in order of their surface area. [1] [dead link ] Rank Region km 2; 1 Northern: 26,524 2 Ashanti ...
The Ashanti Region is located in the middle belt of Ghana. It lies between longitudes 0.15W and 2.25W as well as latitudes 5.50N and 7.46N. The region shares boundaries with six of the sixteen political regions: the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo in the north, the Eastern Region in the east, the Central Region in the south, and the Western Region in the South west.