Bawku Municipal District

Bawku Municipal District
	Location of the Bawku Municipal District within the Upper East Region
country	Ghana
region	Upper East Region
Capital	Bawku
District shape	Municipal
District Chief Executive	Abdul-rahman Gumah
surface	247.23 km²
population	98,538 (2010)
Population density	399 Ew. / km²
ISO 3166-2	GH-UE

The Bawku Municipal District in northeast Ghana is part of the Upper East Region . The district shares a border with the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso and Togo .

population

Kusasi , Mamprusi , Bissas and Mossi are the most important ethnic groups represented here, with the Kusasi making up the majority of the population and the Mamprusi forming the next largest group. There are also migrants from Burkina Faso and the south of Ghana. Most of the immigrants from the south work in the public sector. There have been several arguments between Kusasi and Mamprusi in recent years.

About half of the population is younger than 19 years.

Economy and Infrastructure

The district is dominated by agriculture. In addition to the self-sufficiency of the population, tomatoes , soybeans and onions are grown.

There is a hospital in Bawku , the Bawku Municipal Hospital .

Locations in the district

The Bawku Municipal District includes numerous communities. The largest are listed here with their population in 2010:

Bawku - 60,755
Mognori - 3,775
Bador - 2,131
Baribari - 1,987
Gozesi - 1,732
Tambalugo - 1,595
Zuku - 1,382

Nayoko - 1,254
Kpalugu - 1,197
Gumukutari - 1,125
Zemasa - 1,063
Kuka Megogo (Megoug) - 1,050
Zuli - 1,033
Sakpari Baribari - 1,007

Web links

Commons : Bawku Municipal District - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

proof

↑ Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census - Bawku Municipality, p. 1 ( 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. @1@ 2
↑ Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census - Bawku Municipality, 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 @1@ 2

[1] Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census - Bawku Municipality, p. 1 ( 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. @1@ 2

[2] Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census - Bawku Municipality, 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 @1@ 2