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Ghana, [a] officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary country in West Africa.It lies adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing a border with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.
Map of the Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index in 2017. ... Ghana (average) 0.602: 6: Brong-Ahafo: 0.591 8: Upper East: 0.565 Low Human Development 9 Upper West:
The Ghana FA Cup, currently known as the MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the annual knockout competition in Ghanaian football created in 1958, a year after the independence of Ghana. [1] Open to all Ghanaian football clubs, the competition was put on an 8-year hiatus between 2002 and 2010.
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. [3] This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7 per cent of Ghana's total population. [4] [5]
The highest elevation in Ghana, Mount Afadja in the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, rises 880 metres (2,890 ft) above sea level. [1] There are four distinct geographical regions. [1] Low plains stretch across the southern part of Ghana. To their north lie three regions—the Ashanti Uplands, the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, and the Volta Basin. [1]
On 4 April 1959, the Ashanti Region was split into the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions as a result of the Brong Ahafo Region Act No. 18 of 1959. [7] This was in line with what the Brong Kyempem movement had been campaigning for, which was the recognition of the Bono people as a separate ethnic group from the Ashantis with their own region. [5]
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The 2021–22 Ghana Premier League was the 66th season of the top professional association football league in Ghana [1] which began on 29 October 2021 and concluded on 19 June 2022. [2] Hearts of Oak were the defending champions.