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The Northern Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. [4] It is situated in the northern part of the country and ranks as the second largest of the sixteen regions. Before its division, it covered an area of 25,000 square kilometres, representing 10 percent of Ghana's area. In December 2018, the Savannah Region and North East Region were ...
Map of the Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index in 2017. ... 0.000 – 0.499. This is a list of regions of Ghana ... Northern Region:
The following table presents a listing of Ghana's 16 regions ranked in order of their ... Rank Region km 2; 1 Northern: 26,524 2 Ashanti: 24,869 3 Western: 23,941 4 ...
This was in line with what the Brong Kyempem movement had been campaigning for, which was the recognition of the Bono people as a separate ethnic group from the Ashantis with their own region. [5] On the day Ghana became a republic, 1 July 1960, the Northern Region got split into the Northern and Upper regions raising the number of regions to ...
Northern Region (Ghana) 360,579 4: Takoradi: Western Region (Ghana) 232,919 5: Sunyani: ... Map of Ghana's ethno-linguistic areas. English is the official language of ...
This is a list of Ghanaian regions by population, ranked according to the latest census, which took place on 26 September 2010. Past census data (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) is included for comparison. (Note: The current boundaries of Ghana's administrative regions were not fully established until 1983.
The fourth region, the high plains, occupies the northern and northwestern sector of Ghana. [1] Like most West African countries, Ghana has no natural harbours. [ 1 ] Because strong surf pounds the shoreline, two artificial harbours were built at Takoradi and Tema (the latter completed in 1961) to accommodate Ghana's shipping needs.
Tamale (Dagbani:) is the capital city of the Northern Region of Ghana. It is Ghana's third largest city, with a population of 371,351 people (as of 2010). [2]: 67 The city has been ranked as the fastest-growing city in West Africa. [4] Tamale is located in the Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana's oldest Kingdom. [5]