Geography
Ghana has a population of 18 million people. The capital Accra is situated on the coast in southern Ghana. The population of Accra is estimated to almost 2 million. The second-largest city is Kumasi, the former capital of the Ashanti empire and an important trade hub. The country is divided into ten administrative regions.

Climate
The south of Ghana has a tropical climate in contrast with the Northern Ghana where it is very dry. Temperatures in Ghana are around 14 – 42 degrees Celsius. There are two main season’s in Ghana the raining season which brings windy days between April – October and the hamaltan season which brings about cool winds in the night. The temperatures get hotter in February and March. Southern Ghana has more rains than Northern Ghana, resulting in more fertile land and green environment with high forests. Northern Ghana consists of Savannah landscape with savannah woodlands.

A other difference between the Northern en Southern part of Ghana, the Southern Ghana had education hundred years before northern Ghana. This resulted in the people of the south having long been affected by a better economy, Western education, and Christianity. Resources are finite and this phenomenon has left northern Ghana less developed and with much higher poverty rates. Northern Ghana consist of three regions, Northern, Upper East and Upper West Region of Ghana.

 

History
Archaeological finds have shown that Ghana already populated for 40,000 years. In the 15th century the Portuguese set foot ashore. They settled along the coast that became known as the Gold Coast. Other Europeans, including Dutch, were attracted by the gold. But eventually earned the most money with the slave trade. After abolition of the slave trade, they began to export products such as agricultural products and minerals. It began at that time a long battle between the British (who were then the colonial power) and a number of tribes. Eventually Ghana became independent in 1957.