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	Western Region (Ghana) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		GH-WP The Western Region of Ghana includes the large cities of Sekondi and Takoradi on the coast, coastal Axim and a hilly inland area including Elubo, that reaches from the Côte d'Ivoire border in the west, to the Central Region in the east.
		The founder of modern independent Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah was born (and later temporarily buried) in the village of Nkroful, west of Axim where he once taught school in the 1930's.
		The largest rivers are the Ankobra River, The Bia River, the Pra River in the east and the Tano River partly forming the western national border.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Region_(Ghana) (282 words)

	Study Abroad Ghana - IIEPassport.org Country of the Month
		Ghana is roughly the size of Oregon, with a tropical climate that ranges from 70 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
		Ghana's capital, Accra, is one of the largest commercial and administrative centers in the region.
		Ghana is home to numerous forts, castles, and palaces, a legacy of colonial occupation by the British, Portuguese, Swedes, and many others.
	info.iiepassport.org /country/ghana.html (978 words)

	Empires of the Western Sudan: Ghana Empire \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ghana (Wagadu), the earliest known empire of the western Sudan, first entered the historical consciousness of North Africa near the end of the eighth century but probably originated long before.
		Ghana's preeminence faded toward the end of the eleventh century, when its power was broken by a long struggle with the
		Ghana subsequently fell to the expanding Soso kingdom.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/ghan/hd_ghan.htm (235 words)

	Ghana
		Western European interest in the land they christened the “Gold Coast,” due to the abundance of the precious mineral, was primarily trade.
		Though the propagation of the Gospel and the promotion of Christianity through the introduction of western education were the foremost reason for the arrival of European Missionaries to the shores of the Gold Coast, their activities brought improvement of general life of the natives in the country.
		The western religious worldview with which the missionaries attempted to evangelize the natives resulted in a somewhat superficial acceptance of Christianity in the hearts of the natives.
	www.pctii.org /cyberj/cyberj13/amanor.html (12655 words)

	Districts of Ghana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Districts of Ghana were re-organized in 1988/1989 in an attempt to decentralize the government and to combat the rampant corruption amongst officials.
		The reform of the late 1980s subdivided the regions of Ghana into 110 districts, where local district assemblies should deal with the local administration.
		As of 2006, there are 138 districts in Ghana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Districts_of_Ghana (230 words)

	Ghana Reinsurance Company Ltd.
		Ghana is divided into 10 administrative regions. The regions are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Western, Volta, Northern, Upper West and Upper West. The capital of Ghana is Accra, which is in the Greater Accra region.
		Ghana is governed by a parliamentary democracy with single chamber of 230 parliamentarians. Ghana has had political stability for over twenty years, something that is quite rare in the West African sub-region.
		Ghana has over 200 hotels spread all over the country. There are a few five and four-star hotels however most of the hotels are three and two star.
	www.ghanare.com /our_country.htm (436 words)

	The Invisible Hand of the Family in the Underdevelopment of Africa Societies
		Western Region is one of 10 administrative regions of Ghana and covers about 10 per cent of the total area of the country.
		Both colonial and post-colonial states in Ghana have used their coercive muscles to acquire local lands for the purpose of mineral prospecting 'in the interest of national economy.' What makes the current situation different and more interesting is the extent to which the dispossessive tendencies are conspicuous.
		As the case in the preceding description confirms, the local communities in the mining districts of the Western region have had to concede their access to farm lands to mining companies for what is considered as national economic resource through the process of procedural and substantive alienation.
	www.gdrc.org /icm/country/scholarly/tony.html (8868 words)

	Ghana travel guide - Wikitravel
		Ghana is a very friendly country, ideal for first time travellers to Africa, the people are generally very helpful and welcoming.
		From the official website of Ghana, it appears that visas are available on arrival from countries without a mission or consulate; and even those from places like the UK and US where Ghana has Consulates are in practice offered the courtesy of an on arrival visa.
		Because Ghana was colonized by the British, literate Ghanians you meet are able to speak English.(They are not as common as one would think) English is the official language of the country all this means is that official documents are kept in English.
	wikitravel.org /en/Ghana (2768 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Eastern Guinean forests (AT0111)
		In Ghana for example, the soils in the moist semi-deciduous forest zone are rich, while bauxitic soils are common in the upland evergreen forest region (for reviewer — are the bauxite soils high or low quality ?) (Owusu et al.
		In the southwestern zone of Ghana, there is an average rainfall of 1000 mm to 2100 mm per annum.
		The Sassandra River in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire serves as its western limit and the ecoregion is separated from the Niger Delta and forests further east by the Dahomey Gap (Grubb 1978, Happold 1996).
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0111_full.html (3494 words)

	Ghana - Gurupedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Republic of Ghana is a nation of western Africa.
		Upon independence, the name Ghana was chosen for the new nation, in reference to the Ghana Empire of centuries earlier.
		Ghana is a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
	www.gurupedia.com /g/gh/ghana.htm (317 words)

	Ghana: Non-Western World Literature - Amizade/WVU Service-Learning Course
		The academic work for the program focuses on 'Non-Western' literature, proposing a number of critical contexts in which the literature can be brought into dialogue with contemporary theories of international development and globalization.
		The activities planned for each module are intended to achieve a number of objectives, including the preparation for the travel and service work in Ghana.
		The ultimate aim of the program is, therefore, to situate the study of Non-Western literature in a real-world setting, producing thereby the opportunity for rigorous cultural analysis and discussion of the broad implications of literacy and cultural theory both for the people of Ghana and in the students' home communities in America.
	www.globalservicelearning.org /2006_courses/ghana.htm (357 words)

	Welcome to the Republic of Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Rebels in control of Northern Cote d'Ivoire last Saturday March 12 entered Saru, a village in the Bole District on the North-Western frontiers of Ghana, and abducted the chief of the area.
		The delegation, which he said was headed by the Bolewura's son, Mr Seidu Alhasan Hambee later reported that UN soldiers in Cote d'Ivoire and the rebels carried out the operation.
		He registered his displeasure about the situation in the area, saying that, because the first incursion was not opposed, the rebels had made subsequent ones into the District to loot and in one instance burnt down a house in the process.
	www.ghana.gov.gh /governing/article.php?id=0000009246 (890 words)

	Regional News of Thursday, 24 July 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Accra, July 24, GNA - Research conducted by a group of scientists from Ghana and France has confirmed high levels of mercury in the blood, urine and hair of some miners in the Western Region.
		Dr William Bannerman, a member of the team said the lives of over 100,000 artisanal and small-scale miners depended on the use of mercury for gold extraction in Ghana.
		He said the miners used mercury because it was quick, effective, simple and cheap to use in the extraction of small levels of gold," yet we do not have to wait for the mercury to destroy them before we act".
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=39809 (499 words)

	Civilizations in Africa: Ghana
		Although the state was originally formed by Berbers, it was built on the southern edge of Berber populations.
		This tribute, however, paled next to the wealth generated by the commerce of goods that passed from western Africa east to Egypt and the Middle East.
		Nonetheless, Ghana ceases to be a commercial or military power after 1100; for a brief time (1180-1230), the Soso people, who were rabidly anti-Muslim, controlled a kingdom making up the southern portions of the Ghanaian empire, but the Almoravid revolution effectively halted the growth of kingdoms and empires in the Sahel for almost a century.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/CIVAFRCA/GHANA.HTM (715 words)

	Africa Environment Outlook - Chapter 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Habitat diversity in Western Africa ranges from semidesert and savanna to tropical forests, mangroves, freshwater lakes and rivers, and inland and coastal wetlands.
		The Upper Guinea forest, which extends from western Ghana through Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Guinea to Southern Sierra Leone, is a biologically unique system that is considered one of the world’s priority conservation areas because of its high endemism (Conservation International, 1999).
		In Ghana, sacred groves protect biodiversity in three different ways: by protecting particular ecosystems or habitats, by protecting particular animal or plant species, and by regulating the exploitation of natural resources (Ntiamoa-Baidu 1995).
	www.grida.no /aeo/087.htm (190 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for Ghana
		[EWE] 1,615,700 in Ghana (1991), 13% of the population (1990 WA).
		In the southern part of the Northern Region, west central Ghana, around the upper branches of the Volta Lake, and from the Black Volta River to the area on both sides of the White Volta.
		East central, mostly on the western bank of the Oti River branch of Lake Volta.
	www.ethnologue.com /14/show_country.asp?name=Ghana (1679 words)

	The Power of Culture - Cultural policy of non-western countries: Ghana
		The arts are not always in a prominent place on the political agenda in Africa, Latin-America and Asia.
		Ghana’s famous first president Kwame Nkrumah, for example, introduced African political rituals into ceremonies of state.
		He established the Ghana Institute for Art and Culture in 1962 with the intention of stimulating appreciation of local art.
	www.powerofculture.nl /uk/policy/ghana.html (358 words)

	Ghana Business Briefs
		GHANA is the leading country in West Africa, which attracts Direct Foreign Investment (FDI) due to its intensive investment promotion activities.
		If Ghana was to chart the path of export led growth, there was the need for entrepreneurs to place more focus on product on product delivery, quality and design, packaging and other quality standards he noted.
		At recent meeting of the Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmers Association, Nana Kofi Mensah, district chief farmer of Kaase in Western Ghana, urged cocoa farmers to expose the activities of smugglers or farmers assisting them.
	www.ghana-exporter.org /briefs.htm (4487 words)

	Political and Economic History of Ghana
		The history of Ghana is one of sadness and tragedy, of unnecessay tragedy.
		A tomato and mango canning plant was built at Wenchi (in western Ghana) with a capacity to process 5,000 tons of tomatoes and 7,000 tons of mangoes each year.
		The planning fisacoes and the financial corruption of the Nkrumah regime were probably less significant than the corruption of the politics of Ghana, the institution of a one-party totalitarian state and the ruthless persecution of anyone who was less than a devoted worshiper of Nkrumah and even some of those that were.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/ghana.htm (2423 words)

	Ethnologue report for Ghana
		Upper Adele is in Togo, Lower Adele in Ghana.
		Northeast Ghana, Upper East Region around Bolgatanga, Frafra District, and as far west as Navrongo.
		Western border, east of Bondoukou in Côte d'Ivoire.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Ghana (1953 words)

	ghanatourism.gov.gh - WESTERN REGION
		The Western Region is a region with rich heritage demonstrated by the number of castles still open to visitors.
		Sekondi-Takoradi port is situated on the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) in southern Ghana.
		Western Region is famous for some of the best beaches in Ghana.
	www.ghanatourism.gov.gh /regions/region_detail.asp?id=7 (1210 words)

	Welcome to the Republic of Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Western Region of Ghana us an integrated complex of beautiful safe beaches and African touch beach resorts.
		The region is located in the south-western part of Ghana and shares boundaries with the Central, Ashanti, and Brong-Ahafo regions.
		The native people of the Western Region are mostly Akans, speaking various dialects including: Ahanta, Nzema, Sefwi, Wassa, Brosa, and Pepesa.
	www.ghana.gov.gh /living/region/western.php (236 words)

	Trade Pilgrimage Routes of North-Western Ghana - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		The Sudanic style mosques in the north of Ghana are historical evidence of the Islamic diaspora that followed the rise of Sudanese states and mark the trade routes of the muslim Dyula traders who migrated southwards from Djenne across the savannah towards the gold and kola producting arears in the rainforests of southern Ghana.
		Of these states the Sudanic style mosques are mostly concentrated in the Wala and Gonja states as these lay directly on the western routes used by the Mande warriors, Missionaries and traders.
		The mosques are built of sun-dried mud bricks and have massive mud columns supporting flat roofs which consist of mud on frame works of bush poles.
	whc.unesco.org /en/tentativelists/1395 (719 words)

	Let us speak Dagaare: Ye e ka yele Dagaare
		Dagaare is the major language of the north-western parts of Ghana and adjoining areas of Burkina Faso.
		It is one of the nine official literacy languages of Ghana.
		But more important, with the advent of Western education, Dagaaba, who consider their ethnic group to be one of the most highly educated in the country, can be found in the tertiary sector as teachers, nurses, administrators and other officers in the Civil Service and business corporations.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze827ph/lawra_language_culture.htm (1989 words)

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		ACCRA, Ghana -- Villages in the Wassa West District of Ghana's western region have been hit by the spillage of thousands of cubic metres of mine wastewater contaminated with cyanide and heavy metals.
		Ghana's EPA has made no official comment on the spill.
		The officer in charge of the EPA in the Western Region, Irene Heathcote, said, "The incident had indeed happened." When pressed to comment on the issue, she simply said, "Please call my boss in Accra." The acting head of Ghana's EPA could not be reached for comment.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press13.htm (1376 words)

	Empires of the Western Sudan \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The area known as the western Sudan encompasses the broad expanse of savanna that stretches between the vast Sahara Desert to the north and the tropical rain forests of the Guinea coast to the south.
		Above all, the empires of the western Sudan were unified by strong leadership, kin-based societies, and the trade routes they sought to dominate.
		Although a rich diversity of goods were exchanged, all the empires of the western Sudan were primarily based upon control of the lucrative
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/wsem/hd_wsem.htm (583 words)

	Send Money - Western Union - Money Transfer
		Western Union -- a fast, reliable and convenient way to send a money transfer.
		Western Union has been operating for over 150 years.
		Western Union helps people all around the globe -- and here at home.
	www.westernunion.com /info/homePage.asp?country=GH&origination=GA (135 words)

	Ghana Gold - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, ...
		Ghana has produced and exported gold for centuries.
		In precolonial times, present-day Ghana was one source of the gold that reached Europe via trans-Saharan trade routes.
		A CanadianGhanaian joint-venture gold mine and associated processing facilities was commissioned in mid-1991 in Bogoso, western Ghana.
	www.photius.com /countries/ghana/economy/ghana_economy_gold.html (1137 words)

	Ghana Hotel - Busua Beach Resort Ghana
		Located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in the Western Region of Ghana, The Busua Resort is about halfway between Abidjan, the capital of Cote d'Ivoire, and Accra, the capital of Ghana.
		Busua is in the very heart of the region's attractions, both natural and manmade.
		Busua Beach Resort is located 45 kms west of the port city of Takoradi in Ghana's Western Region, a five hour drive by car from Accra.
	www.southtravels.com /africa/ghana/busuabeachresort/index.html (751 words)

	Ghana on the Internet
		ACS has 750 office locations worldwide, including the one in Ghana which is "one of country's largest private employers with almost 1,300 people and plans to hire another 700." See May 29, 2003 press release.
		The conference, sponsored by the Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education Project, will focus on the use of information technology to enhance the economic, social, cultural, educational development of African countries.
		Begun by Ghanaians in the U.S. and Ghana to nurture the IT economy in Ghana.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/ghana.html (7860 words)

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