Ghana

Ghana

Ghana ranks 77th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Afghanistan, Ecuador, and North Macedonia. Memorable people born in present day Ghana include Kofi Annan, Kwame Nkrumah, and Marcel Desailly. Memorable people who died in Ghana include Alexander Selkirk, Hideyo Noguchi, and W. E. B. Du Bois. Ghana has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and pirates.

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east. Ghana covers an area of 238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi), spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rain forests. With over 31 million people, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. Read more on Wikipedia