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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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Colobus is a genus of endangered African monkeys whose members are remarkable for their silky hair and tufted tails. Colobus monkeys live in the rain forests of Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana in west Africa.
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The Diana Monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an endangered species of monkey of the family Cercopithecidae found in the middle layer of tropical rain forests of Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The Diana Monkey is predominantly black with a white crescent on the forehead resembling the symbol of the goddess Diana and whence the name Diana monkey, white beard, chest, and throat; a white stripe along each thigh; and a deep reddish patch on the back. It is whitish, yellowish, or reddish on the inside of the thighs. The Diana Monkey is fast reducing in numbers due to the logging of the forests and the replanting of them with non-native species of trees.
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The Akyode are a people of east central Ghana, living in the forests and savannah close to the border with Togo in some nine remote villages. They are an agricultural people growing cassava, yams, plantain, peanuts, rice, cocoa and coffee and trading with other neighbouring peoples.
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The Fantees' are a people of West Africa inhabiting the coastal district of what is now Ghana, between the Ashantees and the sea. They were at one time the most numerous and powerful people situated immediately on the Gold Coast seaboard; but their power was almost entirely broken after 1811 by repeated invasions of the Ashantees and finally the colonisation by the British.
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The Ga are a Negroid people of west Africa living chiefly in southern Ghana.
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GH is an abbreviation for Ghana
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Accra is the capital of Ghana.
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Akosombo is a town in Ghana The Akosombo Dam is a dam in Ghana, built across the Volta River gorge in 1966 to provide electricity.
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Anloga is a coastal town in Ghana.
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