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Ghana (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 08 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 8.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: An ancient empire flourished in the area of modern Ghana in the 13th century; other important native states were founded in the 14th-19th centuries; the Portuguese arrived in 1482; the area was captured by the Dutch in 1637; it was a center for the slave trade of Dutch, English, French, and Danish from the 17th-19th centuries; it was purchased by the British in the 19th century; official language is English, although French and African languages are also spoken, including Akan, Mole-Dagbani and Ewe. |
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| Ghana (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Ghana (French-P,U,N)
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| Ghana (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Republic of Ghana (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| République du Ghana (C,O,French,U,N)
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| República de Ghana (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Gana (C,O)
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| Гана (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Гана (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 加纳 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 加纳共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| غانا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً غانا (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| GHA (C,O,ISO3L)
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| GH (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO288 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| GH00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Ghanaian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Ghanan (C,O)
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| Ghananian (C,O)
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| גאנה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Gold Coast Colony (H,O,English,U,N)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1957 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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established 1960 |
| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Accra .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Ghana, Greater Accra) [7016412] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1957 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1957 |
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