Ghana

Ghana - one of most economically educed countries of the Western Africa, the occupying space 238,5  thousand sq. km, with the population more 15,6  million persons. Till 1957 was the English colony the Gold shore, nowadays enters into British Commonwealth. An official language - English.

In the south Ghana is flowed about by waters of gulf of Guinea, coast-wise which the vile plain northward raising to altitudes in 150-300  m is stretched above sea level. In the middle the countries it is had by plateau Ashanti, in the east - a southern tip of mountain chain Atakora with the maximum altitude to 876  the m. is More than half of terrain of Ghana occupies a drainage basin Volta on which the conservation reservoir is created. A climate equatorial, monsoonal with air temperatures 23-27  °C, but deposits falls out a little: only on the western part of coast their quantity reaches 2000 mm a year, in east part - 650-750  mm, and in the north of the country - 1000-1200  mm. In a neritic part two wet seasons (March-July and September-October), replaced by two dry. In intrinsic regions change of the dry and wet seasons is expressed more poorly.

Vegetation on bolshej parts of Ghana are tall-grass savannahs and savannye woods, places approaching closely to coast. Only in the southwest were saved galerejnye ever-green forests, and on plateau Ashanti slopes - small sections of deciduous forests where fine woods red and an ebony grow. Woods as a whole occupy no more 10  terrain %. The fauna is rather poor: in savannyh woods seldom, but it is still possible to meet elephants, in savannahs - lions, leopards, water buffaloes, antelopes, in ponds - river horses and crocodiles.

Three quarters of the population compound the people of a Guinean language subgroup - akan, eve and others, and also voltskoj subgroups - mosi, gurma and others, in the core adhering to traditional way and convictions. The crop of Ghana has old and rich traditions, and items produced by aboriginal masters from cast gold have gained popularity all over the world.

The ancient forts based by Europeans are Coast-wise had. Round two strong holds - English the Asher-fort and Danish lock Kristianborg (or the Wasp) - there was a capital of Ghana Akkra in which and up to now the ancient quarters were saved. Not one century exists also the city of Sekondi where administrative agencies are concentrated in the core. In the city of Cape Coast there are the oldest in the country average educational institutions. Other cities of Kumasi, Takoradi are modern industrial centres in the core.