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Upper East Region, Dagbon
Upper East Region, Dagbon;
	Region
	Région du Haut Ghana oriental
	; Location of Upper East Region in Ghana;
Country	Ghana
Capital	Bolgatanga
Districts	; 10
Government ;
• Regional Minister;	; Rockson Ayine Bukari
Area ;
• Total	8,842 km2 (3,414 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 9th
Population (2010 Census);
• Total	1,046,545
• Rank	Ranked 9th
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
; GDP (PPP) ;
• Year	2013
• Per capita	$5,150
; GDP (Nominal) ;
• Year	2013
• Per capita	$2,500
Time zone	GMT
Area code(s)	039
ISO 3166 code	GH-UE
; HDI .mw-parser-output .noboldfont-weight:normal; (2017);	0.520; low · 8th;

Region

The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana and is the second 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. The Upper East regional capital is Bolgatanga, sometimes referred to as Bolga. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Bawku and Zebilla.

Geography

Location and size

The Upper East region is located in the north-eastern corner of Ghana, precisely located in the Kingdom of Dagbon, and bordered by Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east. It lies between longitude 0° and 1° West, and latitudes 10° 30′N and 11°N. The region shares boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, Upper West Region to the west, and the Northern Region to the south. The Upper East region is divided into 15 districts, each headed by a district chief executive.

Tourism

Parks

Paga crocodile pond

Gbelle game reserve

Sombo Bat Sanctuary

Jafiiri Sacred Royal Python Sanctuary

Recreation areas

Tongo rocks

Bongo Rocks

Historic sites

Naa Gbewaa’s shrine

Navrongo’s mud-built church

Nalerugu^[5]

Festivals

The region plays host to many festivals throughout the year, most of which are either to bring a good planting season or celebrate the harvest.

Damba Festival (Mamprusi)

Gologo Festival

Fao Festival

Paragbiele Festival

Willa Festival

Zumbenti Festival

Kobina Festival

Kakube Festival

feok festival builsa

Zekula festival, By Bissa people

Boaram Festival^[6]

Other tourist attractions

Upper East Regional Museum

Bolga market - a market for farmers and livestock, held twice weekly.

Demographics

Population

The center of population of the Upper East Region is located in its capital of Bolgatanga.

The population is primarily rural (79%) and scattered in dispersed settlements. The rural population was 87.1 percent in 1984 and 84.3% in 2000. There was, thus, a 2.8 percentage point reduction in the rural share of the population between 1984 and 2000 and a further 5.3 percent reduction between 2000 and 2010.^[3]

With only 21 per cent of the population living in urban areas, the region is the least urbanized in Ghana. In fact, together with Upper West, they are the two regions with a less than 20 per cent urban population.

Ghanaian citizen by birth, childhood or parenthood constitute 92.5 percent of the population of the Upper East region. Naturalized Ghanaian citizen constitute 5.3 percent.

Transportation

Three national highways – N2, N10, and N11 – and a few Regional highways such as the R113, R114, R116 and R181, serve the region.

The N10 originates from Yemoransa in the Central Region and connects through Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and terminates at Paga in the Upper East Region. The national capital of Accra is also connected to the region by the N2 which terminates in Kulungugu in the Upper East Region. Both these national routes are connected by the N11 which links the regional capital of Bolgatanga to Bimpiela, also in the region.

Districts

Districts of the Upper East Region

The Upper East Region of Ghana contains 15 districts made up of 2 municipal and 13 ordinary districts as follows:^[7]

Education

Secondary Schools

Awe Senior High/Tech School

Bawku Sec/Tech

Bolga Girls Senior High School

Awe Senior High/Tech School

Bawku Senior High/Tech School

Bolga Girls Senior High School

Bolga Girls Sec SHS

Bolgatanga Senior High School

Bongo Senior High School

Chiana Senior High School

Fumbisi Senior High School

Gowrie Senior High Tech School

Kanton Senior High School

Kongo Senior High School

Kusanaba Senior High School

Lassie-Tuolu Senior High School

Navrongo Senior High School

Notre Dame Sem/ Senior High School

O. L. L. Girls Senior High School

Queen Of Peace Senior High School

Sandema Senior High/Tech School

Sandema Senior High School

Sirigu Senior High School

St John's Integrated Senior High/Tech

Tempane Senior High School

Zamse Senior High/Tech School

Zebilla Senior High/Tech School

Zuarungu Senior High School

Districts in Upper East Region^[8]
#	District	Capital	Population
1	Bawku Municipal	Bawku
2	Bawku West	Zebilla
3	Binduri	Binduri^[9]
4	Bolgatanga Municipal	Bolgatanga
5	Bongo	Bongo
6	Builsa North	Sandema
7	Builsa South	Fumbisi^[10]
8	Garu-Tempane	Garu
9	Kassena-Nankana	Navrongo
10	Kassena Nankana West	Paga
11	Nabdam	Nangodi, Ghana
12	Pusiga District	Pusiga^[11]
13	Talensi	Tongo
14	Bolgatanga East District	Zuarungu, Ghana
15	Tempane District	Tempane, Ghana

Notable native citizens

Notable native citizens of Upper East region, Dagbon
#	Citizen	Settlement
1	Adam Kwarasey	Navrongo
2	Roland Agambire	Sirigu
3	Joseph Kofi Adda	Navrongo
4	Mark Woyongo	Navrongo
5	Abedi Pele	Paga
6	Hawa Yakubu	Kulungungu
7	Psalm 1, the Christ Junkie	Navrongo
8	David Atanga	Namoo
9	Paul Asikisimi	Sandema

Mahami Salifu

References

^ http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/regional-ministers

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^ ^a^b "Upper East Region – Population" (PDF). statsghana.gov.gh. Retrieved 2013-01-20.

^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

^ "Upper East Region Tourist Sites | Ghana Information". Ghana Information. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

^ "Festivals in the Upper East Region - Ghana Embassy Berlin". Ghanaemberlin.de. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

^ "Upper East". GhanaDistricts.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

^ Upper East Region – Districts

^ http://www.ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=8&_=222

^ http://www.ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=8&_=223

^ http://www.ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=8&_=221

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[8] Upper East Region – Districts

[9] ttp://www.ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=8&_=222

[10] ttp://www.ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=8&_=223

[11] ttp://www.ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=8&_=221

v t e Districts and Capitals of the Upper East Region of Ghana
Municipal	Bawku Municipal (Capital: Bawku) Bolgatanga Municipal (Capital: Bolgatanga)
District	Bawku West (Capital: Zebilla) Bongo (Capital: Bongo) Builsa (Capital: Sandema) Garu-Tempane (Capital: Garu) Kassena-Nankana (Capital: Navrongo) Kassena Nankana West (Capital: Paga) Talensi-Nabdam (Capital: Tongo)

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