•    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)

SOURCE: WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS (WORLD BANK WEBSITE)

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

•     INDEPENDENCE:                              MARCH 1957

•    GHANA HAS TEN (10) ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS

•    GHANA HAS  212 DISTRICTS

•    DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES ARE THE POLITICAL AUTHORITIES

•    GHANA HAS 275 ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCIES

•    FOR 2012 ELECTIONS THERE ARE PLANS TO INCREASE CONSTITUENCIES (20 MORE)

•    GHANA HAS HAD SIX SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS SINCE 1992

•    GHANA IS AN ISLAND OF  ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY IN THE OCEAN OF  FRANCOPHONE NATIONS : ( BURKINA FASO IN THE NORTH,  TOGO IN THE EAST, COTE D’IVORE IN THE WEST AND  THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN THE SOUTH)

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