Top 10 Amazing Facts you Should Know About Ghana

Hello and welcome to I-tenert. Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. It has an area of 238,533 square km. Accra is its capital and largest city. Ghana’s official language is English. It has three bordering countries that are Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo. If you are new to this channel please subscribe to the channel, like and share this video. Let’s look at 10 Amazing facts you should know about Ghana.
Ghana’s Name Means “Warrior King”
When the country achieved independence in 1957, it took its new name from The Ghana Empire. The word Ghana roughly translates into English as Warrior King or. Prior to this, the country had been known as the Wagadou Empire for around 300 years. The capital, Accra, also has an unusual translation – it comes from the African word Nkran meaning ants. It is so-called as there is an abundance of anthills in the areas surrounding the city.
Ghana Was the First Sub-Saharan Country in Africa to Gain Independence.
One of our interesting historical Ghana facts is that in 1957, the country became the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to gain total independence. Ghana was formed by a merger of the former British Gold Coast territory and the Togoland trust. Between 1957 and 1981, even though the country had gained its independence, it still underwent a series of damaging political coups. The last of these occurred when Lt Jerry Rawlings took power in 1981 and banned different political parties. By 1992, new legislature meant that multiple party politics was once again constitutionally allowed. The Ghanaian Currency Known as the Cedi Is Actually a Type of Shell.
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