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Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta . Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-ethnic [ 5 ] and multilingual, including groups such as the Ewe , the Guan , and the Akan ...
Volta Region(then called British Togoland) went to Britain where both the Alavanyos and Nkonyas live and the remaining part which was then called French Togoland is now the Republic of Togo. It is believed that, the inland delimitation of the Nkonya-Alavanyo area Britain and France shared the German Togo land rather fueled the dispute that ...
Ho is the capital of the Ho Municipal District and the Volta Region of Ghana. [2] The city lies between Mount Adaklu and Mount Galenukui or Togo Atakora Range, and is home to the Volta Regional Museum, a cathedral, and a prison. [3] The city is the capital of unrecognised Western Togoland. [4]
Keta is a coastal town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Keta Municipal District. [2] Keta is the sixty-first most populous settlement in Ghana in terms of population, with a population of 23,207. [1] Parts of the town were devastated by sea erosion between the 1960s and 1980s.
Ho Municipal Assembly is one of the 25 administrative Districts in the Volta Region, Ghana. [2] [3] It is made up of total land size of 2,361 km2 and a total estimated population of 213,960 in 2017, 105,195 being males and 108,765 are females.
The construction of the Akosombo Dam resulted in the flooding of part of the Volta River Basin and its upstream fields, and in the creation of Lake Volta which covers 3.6% of Ghana's total land area. [2] Lake Volta was formed between 1962 and 1966 and necessitated the relocation of about 80,000 people, who represented 1% of the population. [14]
The Volta Regional Museum is a museum in Ho, Ghana. The museum is dedicated to the history and traditions of the Volta Region. [ 1 ] The museum is administered by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board .
North Tongu District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. [2] [3] [4] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger and original North Tongu District on 10 March 1989, with Adidome as its capital town, which was created from the former Tongu District Council, until the western part of the district was split off to create a new North Tongu District on 28 June 2012, with ...