Top 10 Interesting Facts About Ghana
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Welcome back to an exciting Article and things for watching as you all know it who is a pleasure presenting to you some interesting facts about the beautiful countries on the African continent today were shining the light on one of the most peaceful countries in Africa Ghana officially referred to as the Republic of Ghana Ghana is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean in the sub region of West Africa it is bordered by Ivory Coast to the west burkina faso to the north towards the east and the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean in the south ghana means warrior-king in the salinity language the country which got its independence from Britain in 1957 has a surface area of about two hundred and thirty-eight thousand five hundred and thirty five kilometres square and a population of about thirty million people the capital and largest city of Ghana is Accra and the official language of the country's English but as Sun t3 and Ghana also popular languages spoken in the country if you're new here welcome be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any of our videos guys the country with interesting coaches friendly people and rich cuisine and with that said here are ten things you probably didn't know about Ghana.
1 Ghana is the second largest producers of cocoa in the world cocoa is the chief agricultural export of Ghana and Ghana's main cash crop cocoa cultivation is not native to the country Ghana's cocoa cultivation however is not a myth in the developing world to be one of the most modeled commodities and valuables Ghana's cocoa production grew an average of 16 percent between 2000 and 2003 cocoa has a long production cycle far longer than many other tropical crops and new hybrid varieties need over 5 years to come into production and the fourth at 10 to 15 years for the tree to reach its full bearing potential between 2018 and 2019 Ghana is estimated to have produced about 900,000 pounds of cocoa beans a decrease from approximately 960 9,000 pounds in 2016 and 2017 although cocoa beans originated from South America the majority of cocoa beans production is attributed to Africa and Ghana currently runs as a second cocoa producing nation in the world.
2 Ghana was the first sub-saharan country to gain independence the decolonization of Africa took place in the mid to late 1950s and 1960s with sudden and radical regime changes on the continent as colonial governments made the transition to independent states this was often quite unorganized and marred with violence and political tomorrow in 1949 riots broke out across the territory and while chroma and other leaders ended up in prison the events became a catalyst for the independence movement after being released from prison Kumar founded the convention People's Party which launched a mass base campaign for independence with the slogan self-government now in February 1951 the convention People's Party gained political power by winning 34 of 38 elected seats including one from crowmon who was imprisoned at the time London revised the Gold Coast Constitution to give blacks a majority in the legislature in 1951 on the 5th of March 1957 Ghana formally Gold Coast became the first sub-saharan African country to gain independence from European colonization.
3 Ghana is the fourth most peaceful country in Africa according to the Global Peace Index Ghana ranks as the fourth most peaceful country in Africa and the 44th in the world isolated remains the most peaceful country in the world the position is held since 2008 it is joined at the top of the index by New Zealand Austria Portugal and Denmark butl has recorded the largest improvement of any country in the top 20 rising 43rd place in the last 12 years the report says Ghana sets with peaceful due to good leadership and political stability.
4 Ghana has never won the gold medal at the Olympics Ghana first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952 when it was known by the colonial name Gold Coast the nation has sent at least be in the Summer Olympic Games since then boycotting the 1976 games in protest of the participation of New Zealand who still hot spotting links with appetite South Africa and joining the american-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics Ghana participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in Vancouver in 2010 the National Olympic Committee for Ghana was created in 1951 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the upcoming year ganon athletes have won a total of four Olympic medals two bronze and won silver in boxing and a bronze medal in the under-23 Ghana national football team in 1992.
5 Ghana is the highest producer of gold in Africa Ghana has become the world's number one producer of gold in Africa following a drastic increase in productivity and investment in 2014 the West African country formerly known as Gold Coast on too much seed 1957 bits from our world number one gold producer South Africa which has until recently held the top position for several decades South Africa now takes second place with a huge gap existing between the two countries that have benefited from gold trade centuries before colonization according to Bloomsburg the humiliating defeat South Africa has suffered comes as the icing on the cake following the internal gold-mining battle that the country has been facing since late 2013.
6 The Ghanaian currency code series got its name from see shows the use of shells as monetary currency is not unusual historically in western Africa shell money known as calories was legal tender until the middle of the 19th century the Ghanaian currency CD is named after the fancy world milling Cowrie shell which was first introduced as currency in Africa during the 14th century carousels belong to his Percy of signals with porcelain like shells the atossa have been introduced to africa through trade with nations from Arabia at a time when slave traders at its peak the value of the shells was greater in Ghana other African nations than the supplying regions which treyton carries lucrative and the use of shells as currency quickly became widespread modern coins were produced and used in Ghana from the late 1700s but carries were accepted as currency until 1901.
7 Ghana is home to the largest at shell lake in the world Lake Volta the largest artificial reefs around the world based on surface area is contained behind the Akosombo dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity it is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area of about 8,500 and two square kilometres it extends from Akosombo in the south to the northern part of the country the lake is found by the Akosombo dam which was originally conceived by the geologists our bad earnest Kitson in 1915 but whose construction only began in 1961 with completion in 1965 because of the formation of Lake Volta about 78,000 people were relocated to new towns and villages along with 200,000 animals belonging to them about 120 buildings were destroyed not including small residences as over 3,000 square miles that is 7800 kilo meter square of territory were floated.
8 The oldest European building in sub-saharan Africa is found in Ghana elmina castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as castelo de sao jose de Mina since charge of the mine castle also known as the Costello domina or simply Mina in present day El Mina Ghana it was a first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea and the oldest European building in existence south of the Sahara first established as a trade settlement the castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade the Dodge seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637 after an unsuccessful attempt to the same extent in 1596 and took over all of the Portuguese gold coast in 1642 slave trade continued under the dot until 1814 in 1872 the Dutch Gold Coast including the fort became a possession of Great Britain.
9 Ghana is famous for its jello fries jollof rice is one of the most common dishes in West Africa there are several regional variations in names and ingredients in Mali it's called samay in burma Nankin the dish most common name chum of rice derives from the name of the will of people though in Senegal and Zambia the dish is referred to in world off as Bonacci just by the fact that jello phrase originated from Senegal it was passed along the West African coast and became very popular in countries like Nigeria Cameroon and Ghana danielle's has adopted the dish and are famous for cooking the best chill of rice on the continent in Ghana Jennifers is served with cheeto is pickled onion spicy sauce thus a constant battle between Nigeria and Ghana over which country cooks the best tale of rice in a researcher love rice competition Ghana defeated Nigeria although they didn't win first place.
10 Ghana has the largest market in West Africa right in the heart of Kumasi is one of us Africa's largest open-air markets it is bordered to the north by the Coomassie Cultural Center and to the Lord by the convoy and no key teaching hospital the southern part of the Canadian market forms a body with a doom the commercial centre of the city virtually everything that one wants to purchase from a market can be found at the Kumasi Central Market Canadian market ranges from good dreary and diamond jewelry handcrafted by the Ashanti's food Ashanti can't including fabrics and food web by print eggs spices greens and toiletries the Canadian market is the largest single market in West Africa it has over 10,000 stores and stalls there you have it displays those were some of the facts you probably didn't know about Ghana as a little compensation for sticking to the end of this video here's an extra bonus fact for you.
11 The Celtic club is originally from Ghana most of you watching this video must have probably heard of syndicate occlude Kente known as mu n Toma in Aachen it's a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven stripes and native of the account ethnic group of ghana contains made in the akan lands such as the Ashanti kingdom including the towns of bone-weary donggu masa Sakura will no Antone so in the cobra areas of the Ashanti region this fabric is worn by almost every gun and tribe kenta comes from the word Canton which means basket in the Assante dialect of akan icons refer to Kente as mu and Toma meaning woven clothes it is an acting royal and sacred clothes one only in times of extreme importance and it was the clothes of the Kings over time the use of Kinte became more widespread however its importance remains and it's held in high esteem by thousand gallons globally it's used in the design and academics to in graduation ceremonies thanks for watching this Article.
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