Region Upper East Region ISO 3166 code GH-UE-BW Capital Zebilla | Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Area 979 km² | |
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The Bawku West District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Zebilla. It corresponds more or less to the traditional kingdom of Kussaug.
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Map of Bawku West, Ghana
History
The Bawku West District was carved out of the old Bawku East District under the new local government system in 1988. As the Kussasi kingdom of Kussaug, it is much older.
Geography
The district is bordered by Talensi-Nabdam District to the West and Bawku Municipal District to the East. The district covers a land area of approximately 979 km2, which constitute about 12% of the total area of Upper East region.
Demographics
According to the 2000 population and housing census, the district had 80,606 people of whom only 12% were literate at that time. Kusaal is the dominant language in Zebilla. The majority of the inhabitants of the district are Kussasi, but there are also numerous Basari and Mossi from the adjacent kingdoms.
Economics
Goods and commodity trading occurs every three days in an open market in Zebilla. The same occurs in smaller townships like Sapeliga on the Burkinabe border.