Bawku

For the Bawku meteorite of 1989, see Meteorite falls.

Bawku
Town & District Capital
Bawku Location of Bawku in Upper East region
Coordinates: 11°3′36″N 0°14′24″W / 11.06000°N 0.24000°W / 11.06000; -0.24000
Region	Upper East Region
District	Bawku Municipal District
Population (2012)
• Total	69,527^[1]
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	GMT (UTC)

Bawku Agricultural Show, 1959

Bawku is a town and is the capital of the Bawku Municipal District, district in the Upper East region of north Ghana.^[2]^[3] Bawku has a 2012 settlement population of 69,527 people.^[1]

References

1 2 "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
↑ Bawku Municipal District
↑ "Upper East Region". List of All MMDAs in Ghana. A Public - Private Partnership Programme between Min. of Local Govt., Rural Dev. & Environment & Maks Publications & Media Services. 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-01.

Districts and Capitals of the Upper East Region of Ghana

Municipal	Bawku Municipal (Capital: Bawku) Bolgatanga Municipal (Capital: Bolgatanga)

Ordinary	Bawku West (Capital: Zebilla) Bongo (Capital: Bongo) Builsa (Capital: Sandema) Garu-Tempane (Capital: Garu) Kassena-Nankana (Capital: Navrongo) Kassena Nankana West (Capital: Paga) Talensi-Nabdam (Capital: Tongo)

Coordinates: 11°03′N 0°14′W / 11.050°N 0.233°W / 11.050; -0.233

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