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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.
An enlargeable topographic map of Ghana. Geography of Ghana. Ghana is: a country; Regions : 16 Regions; Population of Ghana: 28,830,000 - 47th most populous country; Area of Ghana: 238,535 km 2; Atlas of Ghana
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 ...
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.
Kpandai is a town and is the capital of Kpandai district, a district in the Northern Region of north Ghana. [2] Kpandai had a 2012 settlement population of 11,239 people. [1] Population Kpandai is counter claimed by the Gonjas and Nawuris both of the Guan ethnic extraction.
Town development in pre-colonial Ghana begun around 1000 and 1700 AD. The first major towns that existed in pre-colonial Ghana included Begho, Bono Manso, Dawhenya and Elmina. The growth of these towns were influenced by factors such as their strategic location, economic and religious attractions, and the presence of large deposits of minerals ...
Obogu is a Town in Ashanti Akim South district the southern part of the Ashanti of Ghana. [1] The Town has different ethnic groups but largely occupied by the Ashanti people. The main occupation is farming. There is a river called Yaa Yaa-Mu. The Town has a population of about 15,000 people The kinship of Obogu is aligned to the Asante Kingdom.