Bawku Municipal District

Bawku Municipal District
Municipal

Districts of Upper East region
Bawku Municipal District

Bawku Municipal in Upper East region

Coordinates: 11°3′N 0°14′W / 11.050°N 0.233°W / 11.050; -0.233
Region Upper East Region
Capital Bawku
Government
  District Executive Musah Abdullai
Area
  Total 1,275 km2 (492 sq mi)
Population (2013)
  Total
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)
ISO 3166 code GH-UE-BA

The Bawku Municipal District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Bawku.

Demographics

The Kusasis (Kusaal) are the indigenous inhabitant population of the Bawku area. There are however large immigrant populations from other locations in northern and southern Ghana as well as from Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo, Niger and Nigeria.

Economy

The district is characterized by agriculture, with tomatoes, soya beans and onions being amongst the main crops.

Administrative divisions

It is made of the following constituencies:

The district contains the following towns and villages. Of note are:

  • Bawku
  • Pusiga
  • Garu
  • Denugu/Danvorga
  • Kongo
  • Zorsi
  • Tempane
  • Wuriyanga
  • Narango
  • Mognori (Gumbo)
  • Widana
  • Yabrago
  • Missiga
  • Bugri-Bulpielse
  • Manga
  • Basyonde
  • Binduri Natinga
  • Kulugungu
  • Gozesi
  • Bugri.

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Coordinates: 11°3′N 0°14′W / 11.050°N 0.233°W / 11.050; -0.233

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