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The Soninke language ( Soninke : " Sooninkanxanne ") is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people ___MASK29___ West Africa . The language has an estimated 1 , 096 , 795 speakers , primarily located in Mali , and also ( in order ___MASK29___ numerical importance ___MASK29___ the communities ) in Senegal , Ivory Coast , The Gambia , Mauritania , Guinea - Bissau , Guinea and Ghana . It enjoys the status ___MASK29___ a national language in Mali , Senegal , and Mauritania . ___MASK53___ , officially the Republic ___MASK29___ ___MASK53___ is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy , located along the Gulf ___MASK29___ Guinea and ___MASK12___ , in the subregion ___MASK29___ West Africa . Spanning a land mass ___MASK29___ 238 , 535 km² , ___MASK53___ is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west , Burkina Faso in the north , Togo in the east and the Gulf ___MASK29___ Guinea and ___MASK12___ in the south . " ___MASK53___ " means " Warrior King " in the Soninke language . The ___MASK69___ is located in south Ghana and is third largest ___MASK29___ 10 administrative regions , occupying a total land surface ___MASK29___ or 10 . 2 per cent ___MASK29___ the total land area ___MASK29___ Ghana . In terms ___MASK29___ population , however , it is the most populated region with a population ___MASK29___ 3 , 612 , 950 in 2000 , accounting for 19 . 1 per cent ___MASK29___ Ghana  s total population . The ___MASK69___ and Kingdom ___MASK29___ Ashanti and Ashantiland is known for its major gold bar and cocoa production and also harbors the capital city ___MASK29___ Kumasi . Cantonments is an affluent suburb ___MASK29___ the Ghanaian city Accra , in the Accra Metropolitan district , a district in the Greater Accra Region ___MASK29___ Ghana . ___MASK27___ or Côte d ' Ivoire , officially named the Republic ___MASK29___ Côte d ' Ivoire , is a country located in West Africa . ___MASK27___ ' s political capital is Yamoussoukro , and its economic capital and largest city is the port city ___MASK29___ Abidjan . Its bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west , Burkina Faso and Mali in the north , and Ghana in the east . The Gulf ___MASK29___ Guinea ( ___MASK12___ ) is located south ___MASK29___ ___MASK27___ . ___MASK28___ is a landlocked country in ___MASK60___ around in size . It is surrounded by six countries : ___MASK88___ to the ___MASK24___ ; ___MASK64___ to the east ; Benin to the southeast ; Togo and Ghana to the south ; and Ivory Coast to the ___MASK18___ . Its capital is Ouagadougou . In 2014 its population was estimated at just over 17 . 3 million . ___MASK28___ is a francophone country and French is an official language ___MASK29___ government and business . Formerly called the Republic ___MASK29___ Upper Volta , the country was renamed " ___MASK28___ " on 4 August 1984 by then - President Thomas Sankara . Residents ___MASK29___ ___MASK28___ are known as " Burkinabé ". The ___MASK89___ which is also known as Accra Metropolis Area ( AMA ) is one of the ten ( 10 ) districts in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana ; not to be confused with Accra Metropolitan Assembly ( AMA ) The district is considered Accra ' s city proper . ___MASK23___ , officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in ___MASK70___ ___MASK60___ bordered by Ghana to the west , Benin to the ___MASK71___ and ___MASK28___ to the ___MASK24___ . It extends south to the Gulf ___MASK29___ Guinea , where its capital Lomé is located . ___MASK23___ covers , making it one ___MASK29___ the smallest countries in ___MASK60___ , with a population ___MASK29___ approximately 7 . 5 million . A " metropolitan area ", sometimes referred to as a " metro area " or just " metro ", is a region consisting ___MASK29___ a densely populated urban core and its less - populated surrounding territories , sharing industry , infrastructure , and housing . A metro area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities : neighborhoods , townships , boroughs , cities , towns , exurbs , suburbs , counties , districts , states , and even nations like the eurodistricts . As social , economic and political institutions have changed , metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions . Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas , as well as satellite cities , towns and intervening rural areas that are socio - economically tied to the urban core , typically measured by commuting patterns . ___MASK9___ is the capital and ___MASK22___ populous city ___MASK29___ Ghana , with an estimated urban population ___MASK29___ 2 . 27 million . It is also the capital ___MASK29___ the Greater ___MASK9___ Region and ___MASK29___ the ___MASK89___ , with which it is conterminous . ___MASK9___ is furthermore the anchor ___MASK29___ a larger metropolitan area , the Greater ___MASK9___ Metropolitan Area ( GAMA ), which is inhabited by about 4 million people and the thirteenth - largest metropolitan area in Africa . A subregion is a part ___MASK29___ a larger region or continent and is usually based on location . Cardinal directions , such as south or southern , are commonly used to define a subregion . The ___MASK40___ has the smallest area ___MASK29___ Ghana ' s 10 administrative regions , occupying a total land surface ___MASK29___ 3 , 245 square kilometres or 1 . 4 per cent ___MASK29___ the total land area ___MASK29___ Ghana . It is the second most populated region , after the Ashanti Region , with a population ___MASK29___ 2 , 905 , 726 in 2000 , accounting for 15 . 4 per cent ___MASK29___ Ghana  s total population . The ___MASK40___ was part ___MASK29___ the Eastern Region prior to 1982 and Greater Accra region was created from the Eastern Region in 1982 and currently harbors the seat ___MASK29___ government in Accra . The ___MASK68___ ___MASK29___ Guinea is the northeasternmost part ___MASK29___ the tropical ___MASK12___ between Cape Lopez in Gabon , north and west to Cape Three Points in Western region Ghana . The intersection ___MASK29___ the Equator and Prime Meridian ( zero degrees latitude and longitude ) is in the gulf . The ___MASK12___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". ___MASK70___ ___MASK60___ , also called Western ___MASK60___ and the ___MASK70___ ___MASK29___ ___MASK60___ , is the westernmost subregion ___MASK29___ ___MASK60___ . ___MASK70___ ___MASK60___ has been defined as including 18 countries : Benin , Burkina Faso , the island nation ___MASK29___ Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea - Bissau , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , the island ___MASK29___ Saint Helena , Senegal , Sierra Leone , São Tomé and Príncipe and Togo .