ఘనా: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

 

దేశంలో స్థాపించబడిన రెండవ విశ్వవిద్యాలయం " క్వామే న్క్రుమా యూనివర్శిటీ ఆఫ్ సైన్సు అండు టెక్నాలజీ " (ఘనా) పశ్చిమ ఆఫ్రికాలోని సైన్సు అండు టెక్నాలజీ ప్రధాన విశ్వవిద్యాలయంగా గుర్తించబడుతుంది.<ref name="A Brief History of the Ghanaian Educational System"/>{{clear}}

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{{as of|2014}}, there are 375,000 registered legal [[skilled worker]]s (permanent residents) or [[foreign worker]]s/students (i.e. [[Ghana Card]] holders) inhabitants with an annually 1.5&nbsp;million transited airport [[layover]]s. In its first post-colonial census in 1960, Ghana had a population of 6.7&nbsp;million.<ref>"[http://countrystudies.us/ghana/33.htm Ghana – population] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511100012/http://countrystudies.us/ghana/33.htm |date=11 May 2011 }}". [[Library of Congress Country Studies]].</ref> The median age of Ghanaian citizens is 30 years old and the average household size is 3.6 persons. The Government of Ghana states that the [[official language]] of Ghana is English,<ref name="The Ghanaian Government states that English is the official language"/> and is spoken by 67.1% of the inhabiting population of Ghana.<ref name="Ghana – 2010 Population and Housing Census"/>

 

[[File:Ghana Card biometric.jpg| thumb|[[Ghana Card]] (Ghanaian electronic ID Card) – obverse with [[Biometric passport|chip]] ]]

 

{{As of|2010}}, 2.1&nbsp;million persons reside in [[Ewe people|Ewe]] territory [[Volta Region|Volta]].<ref name="religion2010"/>

 

Due to the recent legal immigration of [[skilled worker]]s who possess [[Ghana Card]]s, there is a small population of Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, Middle Eastern and European nationals.

 

</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/15/ghana-deports-chinese-goldminers|title=Ghana deports thousands in crackdown on illegal Chinese goldminers|work=The Guardian|date=15 July 2013|accessdate=9 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512214119/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/15/ghana-deports-chinese-goldminers|archive-date=12 May 2014|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

 

[[File:Akan Greetings (Akwaba – Welcome; Ete sen – Hello).JPG|thumb|Ashanti [[greeting]] [[phrase]]s; "akɔaba" (welcome) and "ɛte sɛn" (how is it?) in Ashanti Twi]]

 

Since Ghana is surrounded by [[French-speaking countries]], [[French language|French]] is widely taught in schools and universities, as well as a language used for commercial and international economic exchanges. Since 2006, Ghana is an associate member of the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeux.francophonie.org/etats-invites/ghana|title=Ghana – Jeux de la francophonie|website=www.jeux.francophonie.org|access-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131331/https://www.jeux.francophonie.org/etats-invites/ghana|archive-date=11 February 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the global organisation that unites French-speaking countries (84 nations on 6 continents). In 2005, over 350 000 Ghanaian children studied French in schools. Since then, its status has progressively been updated to a mandatory language in every high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lalettrediplomatique.fr/contribution_detail.php?id=20&idrub=67&idrubprod=262|title=La Lettre Diplomatique – La revue des Relations internationales et diplomatiques depuis 1988 – La Francophonie et le Ghana|website=www.lalettrediplomatique.fr|access-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211072205/http://www.lalettrediplomatique.fr/contribution_detail.php?id=20&idrub=67&idrubprod=262|archive-date=11 February 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

 

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Ghana is a largely Christian country, although a sizable Muslim minority exists. Traditional (indigenous) beliefs are also practiced.

 

The fertility rate of Ghana declined from 3.99 (2000) to 3.28 (2010) with 2.78 in urban region and 3.94 in rural region.<ref name="statsghana.gov.gh"/> The United Nations reports a fertility decline from 6.95 (1970) to 4.82 (2000) to 3.93 live births per woman in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fertility rate, total (births per woman), Ghana, 1960 - present |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=GH |website=World Bank |accessdate=22 June 2019}}</ref>

 

Ghana is also the birth country of anti-FGM campaigner [[Efua Dorkenoo]].

 

Crime in Ghana is investigated by the [[Ghana Police Service]]. Ghana had [[List of countries by intentional homicide rate|a murder rate]] of 1.68 per 100,000 population in 2011.<ref name=UNODCnew>{{Cite web|url=https://dataunodc.un.org/crime/intentional-homicide-victims|title=Intentional homicide victims {{!}} Statistics and Data|website=dataunodc.un.org|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref>