| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north). |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%. |
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