Introduction
HMS Endurance has reached Ghana as part of her 2006/7 deployment. The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Burkina Faso to the north, Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to obtain independence from colonial rule. Upon achieving independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, the name Ghana was chosen for the new nation to reflect the ancient Empire of Ghana that once covered the west of Africa. On March 6, 2007, Ghana celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence.
Ghana
With a total area of 238,533 km², Ghana is about the size of the United Kingdom. Its southernmost coast at Cape Three Points is 4° 30' north of the equator. From here, the country extends inland for some 670 km to about 11° north. The distance across the widest part, between longitude 1° 12' east and longitude 3° 15' west, measures about 560 kilometres. The Greenwich Meridian, which passes through London, also traverses the eastern part of Ghana at Tema.
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