Upper East Region

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Upper East Region
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country GhanaGhana Ghana
Capital Bolgatanga
District number 15th
surface 8,842 km²
population 1,273,700 (2019)
Population density 144 Ew. / km²
ISO 3166-2 GH-UE

The Upper East Region ( Eng. "Upper East Region") is a region in Ghana . Its capital is Bolgatanga .

geography

The region is located in the far north-east of the country and borders on Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east, the North East Region in the south and the Upper West Region in the west . The rivers Red Volta and White Volta flow coming from Burkina Faso, from north to south through the region.

Population development

Census year population
1960 468,638
1970 542.858
1984 772.744
2000 920.089
2010 1,046,545

Administrative structure

The region is divided into 15 districts :

District main place
Bawku Municipal Bakwu
Bawku West Zebilla
Binduri Binduri
Bolgatanga East Zuarugu
Bolgatanga Municipal Bolgatanga
Bongo Bongo
Builsa North Municipal Sandema
Builsa South Fumbisi
Garu Garu
Kassena Nankana Municipal Navrongo
Kassena Nankana West Paga
Nabdam Nangodi
Pusiga Pusiga
Talensi Tongo
Tempane Tempane

Web links

Commons : Upper East Region  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2010 Population & Housing Census. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 12, 2018 ; accessed on September 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ District list on ghanadistricts.gov.gh, accessed December 18, 2019