Region Upper East Region ISO 3166 code GH-UE-BA Capital Bawku | Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Area 1,275 km² | |
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The Bawku Municipal District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Bawku.
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Demographics
The Kusasis (Kusaal) are the indigenous inhabitant population of the Bawku area. There are however large immigrant populations from other locations in northern and southern Ghana as well as from Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo, Niger and Nigeria.
Economy
The district is characterized by agriculture, with tomatoes, soya beans and onions being amongst the main crops.
Administrative divisions
It is made of the following constituencies:
The district contains the following towns and villages. Of note are:
References
Bawku Municipal District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA