Bawku West District
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The Bawku West District is one of the eight districts in the Upper East Region
of Ghana
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The district was carved out of the old Bawku East District under the new local government system in 1988. The district capital of Bawku West is Zebilla. The district in bordered by Burkina Faso
to the North, Bolgatanga District to the West and Bawku East District to the East. The district covers a land area of approximately 979 km2, which constitute about 12% of the total area of the region. According to the 2000 population and housing census, the district has 80,606 people of whom only 12% are literate. Kusaal is the dominant language in Zebilla. Goods and commodity trading occurs every three days in an open market in Zebilla.
Upper East Region
The Upper East Region is the smallest of 10 administrative regions in Ghana, occupying a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, it is the ninth most populated region with a population of 920,089 in 2000, accounting for...
of Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
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The district was carved out of the old Bawku East District under the new local government system in 1988. The district capital of Bawku West is Zebilla. The district in bordered by Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
to the North, Bolgatanga District to the West and Bawku East District to the East. The district covers a land area of approximately 979 km2, which constitute about 12% of the total area of the region. According to the 2000 population and housing census, the district has 80,606 people of whom only 12% are literate. Kusaal is the dominant language in Zebilla. Goods and commodity trading occurs every three days in an open market in Zebilla.