Bongo District

Bongo District
	Location of the Bongo district within the Upper East Region
country	Ghana
region	Upper East Region
Capital	Bongo
District shape	Usually
District Chief Executive	Francis A. Akurugu
surface	488 km²
population	77,894 (2002)
Population density	160 Ew. / km²
ISO 3166-2	GH-UE-BO

The Bongo District in northeast Ghana is part of the Upper East Region . The district shares a border with neighboring Burkina Faso .

population

Members of the Bossi and Frafra- speaking Tallensi ethnic groups live in the district . The majority of the population adheres to traditional religions (53.6%), there are 28.3% Christians and followers of Islam (6.4%).

Climate and vegetation

The climate is tropical with a wet season from May to October and a long dry season with practically no rainfall from October to April. Temperatures range between a maximum of 45 ° in March / April and a minimum of 12 ° in December. Characteristic is the hot harmattan that blows during the dry season.

economy

The district is dominated by agriculture.

Locations in the district

Soe Soboko
Gowrie-Tingre
Zoko Tarongo
Lungu
Dua
Namoo
Zoko-Kodorogo
Bongo Nyariga
Zoko Kanga
Adaboya
Bogorogo
Gowrie Nayire Central Zoko-Gambrongo-Azaabisi
Zoko-Gambrongo
Seo-Asabagabisi (Wabisi)
Vea-Akugrebisi
Zoko-Goo
Dua Apuwongo
Balungu-Gantorisi.

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