Volta region
| Volta region | |
|---|---|
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| country |
 Ghana
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| Capital | Ho |
| District number | 18th |
| surface | 9,504 km² |
| population | 1,865,300 (2019) |
| Population density | 196 Ew. / km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | GH-TV |
The Volta Region is a region of Ghana with the capital Ho . When the Oti Region split off on February 15, 2019, it lost 53.8% of its area and 28.48% of its inhabitants.
geography
The region is located in the southeast of the country and borders the Oti Region in the north, the Eastern Region in the west, the Greater Accra Region in the southwest and Togo in the east . In the south lies the Atlantic Ocean .
The Volta region is part of the coastal savannah in the south and the tropical forest in the north. Its northern part belongs to the most mountainous part of Ghana with the south of the Oti region. There the Akwapim-Togo chain runs from southwest to northeast . Here is Mount Afadjato , at 885 m the highest mountain in Ghana.
history
Until the founding of Ghana
In pre-colonial times, none of the indigenous ethnic groups organized themselves into larger state units. The southern part of the region was ruled by the Akwamu kingdom for a time in the early 18th century . The Danes built a fortified base near Keta in 1784 ( Fort Prinzenstein , see also Historical forts of Ghana ). Contact with the Europeans was much less intense on this part of the coast of Ghana than further west.
In contrast to the rest of Ghana, the region was originally not colonized by the British, but by the Germans. From 1884 to 1918 (in fact until 1914) the region was part of the German Togo or Togoland colony . So find u. a. in the city of Kpandu still today remains of German colonial architecture. From 1919 to 1956, the present-day Volta Region as was British Togoland a British League of Nations - protectorate . After a referendum in 1956, it was incorporated into the new state of Ghana in 1957 .
The Volta Region by 2019
Until the Oti Region split off, the Volta Region was in the middle of the Ghanas regions with 20,570 km² in terms of area, but also in terms of population.
The spin-off was the result of an election promise by the New Patriotic Party in the 2016 election to create new regions. In a referendum on December 27, 2018, 98.64% of the voters were in favor of the formation of the new region, so that it was founded on February 15, 2019 with the Constitutional Instrument 112 .
Population development
| Census year | population |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 777.285 |
| 1970 | 947.268 |
| 1984 | 1,211,907 |
| 2000 | 2,106,696 |
| 2010 | 2,118,252 |
economy
The economy of the Volta region is mainly dependent on agriculture, 65% of all employees work in this area. Cocoa , coffee , palm oil and cola nuts are the most important commercial crops. There are - unusually in tropical Ghana - a few commercial cattle farms for the local market. Petroleum deposits are suspected off the coast. There is a polytechnic in Ho and the percentage of children attending school is high.
Administrative structure
The region is divided into 18 districts :
Web links
- Volta Region on ghanadistricts.gov.gh
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kweku Zurek: Confirmed: Results of the 2018 referendum on now regions , www.graphic.com.gh of December 28, 2018, accessed on December 20, 2019
- ↑ Oti region on ghanadistricts.gov.gh, accessed on 20 December 2019
- ↑ 2010 Population & Housing Census ( Memento from July 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF document, 5.5 MB, English)
- ↑ District list on ghanadistricts.gov.gh, accessed December 20, 2019
Coordinates: 6 ° 30 ' N , 0 ° 30' E