About Ghana

•    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) 

•    TOTAL LAND  AREA:             ( 92456 SQ M)  (239460 SQ KM)

SOURCE: WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS (WORLD BANK WEBSITE)

•     INDEPENDENCE:       MARCH 6, 1957

•    GHANA HAS TEN (10) ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS

•    GHANA HAS  170 ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS 

•    DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES ARE THE POLITICAL AUTHORITIES

•    GHANA HAS 275 ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCIES 

•    GHANA HAS HAD SIX SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS SINCE 1992

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The Flag of Ghana
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Ghana's President - John D. Mahama

The National Pledge
I promise on my honour to be faithful

and loyal to Ghana my Motherland.

I pledge myself to the service of Ghana,

With all my strength and with all my heart.

I promise to hold in high esteem our

heritage won for us through the blood

and toil of our fathers;

And I pledge myself in all things to

uphold and defend the good name of Ghana.

So help me God.


The National Anthem
God bless our homeland Ghana.
And make our nation great and strong
Bold to defend forever,
The cause of Freedom and of Right
Fill our hearts with true humility
Make us cherish fearless honesty
And help us to resist oppressor’s rule
With all our will and might for evermore.

Hail to thy Name, O Ghana
To thee we make our solemn vow
Steadfast to build together
A nation strong in Unity;
With our gift of mind and strength of arm
Whether night or day, in mist or storm,
In every need whate’er the call may be
To serve thee, Ghana, now and evermore.

Raise high the flag of Ghana
And one with Africa advance
Black Star of hope and honour
To all who thirst for Liberty;
Where the banner of Ghana freely flies
May the way to freedom truly lie
Arise, arise, O Sons of Ghanaland,
And under God march on for evermore.
(Composed by: Philip Gbeho)


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