Bawku
Coordinates: 11 ° 4 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ W
Bawku is a city in the Upper East Region in the West African state of Ghana . It is the capital of the Bawku Municipal District . It lies at an altitude of 252 m above sea level. d. M. in the extreme northeast of Ghana, only about 10 km from the borders with Burkina Faso and Togo .
At the last Ghanaian census in 2010, the city was home to 60,755 people. This makes Bawku the 22nd largest city in Ghana.
The Presbyterian- run hospital in Bawku was built in 1953; it has 256 beds and, due to its location near the border with Burkina Faso and Togo, also serves as an important health center for neighboring countries.
Population development
The following overview shows the population by area since the 1970 census.
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 20,567 |
| 1984 | 34,074 |
| 2000 | 51,379 |
| 2010 | 61.151 |
See also
Web links
Commons : Bawku - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Health care in Bawku ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 556 kB)
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- ↑ Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census - Bawku 20Municipality, p. 68 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 31, 2018
- ↑ Ghana: Regions & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
