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The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
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. (Note: The current boundaries of Ghana's administrative regions were not fully established until 1983.
In 1990 63 persons per square kilometer was the estimate for Ghana's overall population density. These averages did not reflect variations in population distribution. For example, while the Northern Region, one of ten administrative regions, showed a density of seventeen persons per square kilometer in 1984, in the same year Greater Accra ...
As of 2000, population of the Nanumba in Ghana were estimated at 78,812. [1] Though Nanumba constitute a homogeneous cultural and linguistic group, they are closely related to the Dagomba to the north and east and the Mamprusi further to the north, and more-remotely to the Mossi of Burkina Faso. Traditionally the originating ancestors of the ...
Nsawkaw is a town and the capital of Tain district of the Bono region of Ghana. [1] [2] The hometown of the native people of Nsoko was Hani Begho (pronounced Bew). It has a population of about 6,000. History teaches that the people of Nsoko emerged from a hole and first settled at Hani.
Chief enstoolment. Mankessim is a town in the Central Region [1] [2] [3] of Ghana, [4] West Africa.It is approximately 75 km west of Accra, on the main road to Sekondi-Takoradi. [citation needed] It is the traditional headquarters of the Fante ethnic group of Ghana.
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Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in 2008 district boundaries. The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is a metropolitan region centered in Ghana's capital Accra.With around five million inhabitants, the metropolitan area is one of the 90 largest agglomerations in the world. [1]