Which Region is Kassena Nankana?
Upper East Region
The Kassena Nankana Municipal is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and forms part of the fifteen (15) Municipalities and Districts in the Upper East Region.
Which region is navrongo?
Upper East Region of northern Ghana
Navrongo is a town and the capital of Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. Navrongo is the capital of Kassena-Nankana District – which is within the Upper East Region of northern Ghana. Navrongo has a 2012 settlement population of 27,306 people.
Which district is Paga in?
Kassena Nankana West District
Paga is a small town in Upper East Region of Ghana, lying north of Bolgatanga. Paga is the capital of Kassena Nankana West District, a district in the Upper East Region in the northern part of Ghana.
How many districts are in Upper East Region?
15 districts
The Upper East region is divided into 15 districts, each headed by a district chief executive.
What language does Upper East speak?
The majority of languages spoken in the Upper East Region are also Oti-Volta ones and include Frafra-Nankani, Talni, Nabit and Kusaal.
Is waali spoken in Upper East?
Th same language is further comprehensible by inhabitants of the Upper East Region, who speak Waali, and Frafra. The four languages are categorized under the Mole-Dagbani ethnicity.
Which part of Ghana is north east?
The North East Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. It is located in the north of the country and was created in December 2018 after a referendum was voted upon to break it off of the Northern region. The region’s capital is Nalerigu….North East Region, Ghana.
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Are there crocodiles in Ghana?
Paga Crocodile Pond is a sacred pond in Paga in the Upper East Region of Ghana, which is inhabited by West African crocodiles. Due to the friendliness of the reptiles, it has become popular among tourists and the pond is now reliant on tourism to ensure the population of crocodiles remain fed and healthy.
What is the capital town of Upper East?
Bolgatanga
The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana and is the second smallest of 10 now 16 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.
When was Upper East Region created?
Historically, the Upper East Region is part of what used to be the Upper Region (Upper East and Upper West), which was it self carved out of what used to be the Northern Region on 1st July, 1960.
What are the 46 languages in Ghana?
Language classification
- Kwa languages (Akan, Bia, Guang in Tano; Ga and Adangme)
- Gbe languages (Ewe)
- Gur languages (Gurunsi, Dagbani, Mossi, Dagaare, and Frafra in Oti–Volta)
- Senufo languages (Nafaanra)
- Kulango languages.
- Mande languages (Wangara, Ligbi)
Where is Fante spoken?
Ghana
Fante, also spelled Fanti, people of the southern coast of Ghana between Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi. They speak a dialect of Akan, a language of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family.