https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e By: Auburn Brenner en-us 2017-04-07 14:42:36 UTC 2017-04-12 14:27:03 UTC hello@padlet.com abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165402919 Its borders are created by Cote D'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea in the south.]]> 2017-04-07 14:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165402919 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165405074 Ghana is located in the western region of Africa. ]]> 2017-04-07 14:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165405074 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165405624 Traditional Religious- 5.2%
Christianity (mainly: Roman Catholics, Baptists, Protestants, etc.): 71.2%
Islam (northern part of Ghana): 17.6%

]]> 2017-04-07 14:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165405624 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165464783 English is the official language of Ghana, but some of the local languages are Ga, Dagomba, Akan, and Ewe.]]> 2017-04-07 19:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165464783 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165683183 Traditional clothing in Ghana is called Kente. Kente is made by the Akan people and is a mix of cotton and silk and is meant for special occasions. In everyday life, women wear a long shirt and a short sleeved shirt in bright colors.]]> 2017-04-10 14:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165683183 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165685783 The food in Ghana consists of mainly stews, sauces, or soups with meat with starchy staple foods (ex: rice, maize, cassava, etc.). The diets do tend to vary based on location. ]]> 2017-04-10 14:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165685783 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165688376 1. The population of Ghana is about 25.5 million people.
2. Ghana was ranked as Africa's most peaceful country by the Global Peace Index. 
3. Accra is the capital of Ghana.
4. The official currency is the Ghana Cedi.
5. Ghana has the oldest European castle in all of sub-Saharan Africa; the Elmina Castle.
6. The country's motto is "Freedom and Justice."]]> 2017-04-10 14:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165688376 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165756295 Ghana has a Constitutional Democracy, and its president and chief of state is President Nana Akufo-Addo.]]> 2017-04-10 18:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165756295 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165758567 The land in Ghana is mainly made up of plains, but in the east the landscape rises into the Akwapim-Togo mountain ranges.]]> 2017-04-10 19:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165758567 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165758584 Ghana is located just north of the equator and has a warm, tropical climate. Most of Ghana is hot and dry accept for the southwestern corner which is hot and humid. ]]> 2017-04-10 19:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165758584 abrenner05 https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165758698 Europeans first settled in what is now Ghana in the 15th century where the Portuguese found huge numbers of gold deposits. For hundreds of years, the capital city Acca was a center for slave trade. Slave trade was finally banned in the early 19th century, and Ghana became a British colony. In the year 1957, Ghana gained its independence from Ghana and became the Republic of Ghana.]]> 2017-04-10 19:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/abrenner05/g5mme2itkj2e/wish/165758698