maps of ghana

Ghana is located in western Africa. It borders countries like Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Ghana maps an area of around 238,535 square kilometer. The capital of the country is Accra which is also the largest city in the country. The official language of the country is English.

The government here is a constitutional democratic body. The country got its independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. The name of the country means ‘warrior king’. Ghana’s land was occupied by various kingdoms in the past which were of the African people.

The maps of Ghana prove the point of the country having a large number of natural resource. However there is a lot of poverty in the country and twenty eight percent of the people live below the international poverty line. The country is world’s second largest producer of Cocoa and one of the world’s largest producers of Gold.

Agriculture provides around thirty five percent of the GDP and more than half the work force is employed in this sector. For all those with travel maps of Ghana there are places like its capital city of Accra and Tema. Then there are various other castles from the past, like the Elmina Castle.