Half of the population in Pusiga, Chiana, Zebilla, and Sandema are not covered. On the other hand, cement/concrete for outer wall construction is highest in Bolgatanga (14.6%) and lowest in Bongo (1.6%) and Bawku West (1.6%). Toilet facilities show the greatest discrepancy. The Mamprusi comprise only 1.8 per cent of the regions population. The reasons for the preference of these districts are not far fetched. All the fertility indicators observed for the region differ only slightly for each district except Bongo, where all the indicators are about twice that of the regional. The regions on the south are the Brong Ahafo and Volta regions. If fertility remained unchanged for the earlier 30 years or more, completed family size would be equal to total fertility rate. 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. The main ethnic groups in the region are the Mole-Dagbon, Grusi, Mande-Busanga and Gurma. The Tarkwaian Rock Formation underlies about 2% of the region and it is found mostly in the Bolgatanga Municipal and the Bongo District. Given the community secondary schools concept, there is much more to do in order to provide SSS facilities in the districts. It was first performed in the early nineteenth century in Dagbon states in the Northern Region. The region is not left out when it comes to sites and scenes of tourist interest. They are known as Ghanaians. The relative importance of manufacturing and trade varies between districts. The two materials account for over 95 per cent of materials used in each of the districts. From 1902 the old Northern Territory was a British protectorate until 1960 when it was separated into the Northern and Upper Region. The implications of the female excess for sexual and reproductive behaviours should also be a matter of great concern even after taking into account the mitigating effects of the practice of polygamy. Assin North Municipal. For females, the level is below 80 per cent in Kassena-Nankana (78.6%), Bolgatanga (76.3%) and Bongo (74.9%). About 39.0 per cent of households have only one or two sleeping rooms, with a variation from 19.1 per cent in the Bawku East, to 53.1 per cent in the Kassena-Nankana, District. Population size, growth rate and density. The proportions employed are higher than 65.0 per cent in all districts except Bawku West (60.6%). This group includes approximately 70 languages spoken in various parts of West Africa. Ethnic groups in Ghana make up the majority of the country's inhabitants. Agricultural improvement and food security issues have also been addressed. Telecommunication linkages are also available at Bolgatanga, Navrongo, Sandema Bongo and Bawku. This is due to the existence of many irrigation sites in the region. However, the Mamprusis are highly concentrated in adjacent West Mamprusi and East Mamprusi of Northern Region. The proportional share of the two materials ranges from 92.6 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 97.4 per cent in Bawku West. As many as 91.2 per cent of households in Bongo and 84 per cent in Kassena-Nankana have no facility. Upper East Region has a total population of 1,301,221 in the 2021 Population and Housing Census. Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 85.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 13.3% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, Romanian, German, and Iraqi) (2022 est.) There are substantial variations in the proportional distributions of distance to nearest post office facility between the districts. In Kassena-Nankana (17.6 percentage points) and Bolgatanga (20.6 percentage point), the drop is below the regional figure of 27.9 percentage points. The reasons for this substantial imbalance may be that one woman dying results in only one male widowed in a monogamous marriage or no widow at all if the man is polygamous. This may even be a reflection of the definition of locality used in the census and/or proximity of a locality to the district capital. This is because before the advent of commercial communication centres, post and telecommunication facilities were usually under one roof. The Upper East Region is underlain by two main geologic formations: the Pre-Cambrian Basement Complex and the Paleozoic Consolidated Sedimentary Formations. Kassena-Nankana has several institutions of higher learning, a world-renowned Health Research Centre and a flourishing irrigation project (Tono) that attract migrants with the requisite technical expertise. People are likely then to seek assistance from the nearest facility including a traditional healer, or a licensed chemical seller, even if the particular emergency is outside the competence of that particular facility. Since senior secondary schools are usually boarding institutions, however, the number of and distances to the nearest SSS institutions are not very critical for accessibility. The dance's tone changes depending on the situation, and it is used to communicate emotions and feelings between both sexes. Expenditure/Income ratio was 1.13 as against a target of 0.72%. It ranges between 4.8 per cent in Kassena-Nankana and 7.2 per cent in Bongo. About 8.1 per cent males and 5.5 per cent females attainted middle/JSS level. Solid waste collected from households varies from only 0.8 per cent in Bawku West to 4.5 per cent in Bolgatanga, while garbage burned by households varies from 4.7 per cent in Bawku West to 26 per cent in Builsa. The overall levels of educational attainment are much lower in the region, compared with the country as whole. The age distribution however, is not much affected by changes in mortality, because mortality reduction, in general, does not relate to one or more specific age groups but affects the whole population. The proportion of the economically active population aged 45-59 years ranges from 16.2 per cent in Bawku East to 22 per cent in Bongo, while that for the elderly (60 years or older) ranges from 13.4 per cent in Bolgatanga to 18.2 per cent in Bawku West. The Regions inter-censal rate is 1.2 percent per annum and is slightly below the national growth rate of 2.5 percent. Females constitute another group of the population that appears to be excluded and needs to be integrated into the development process. In Bawku West, 81.6 per cent of localities are 25 kilometres or more away, while in Builsa, the proportion is 68.9 percent. Until 1984, Burkina Faso, meaning "Land of Incorruptible People" was known as . The substantial imbalance between the proportion of males and females widowed may be explained by the higher survival rates of women in the country, and by the practice of polygamy. This sector, therefore, needs to be modernized and injected with capital and technical expertise to enable it diversify its scope of activities to absorb the large numbers of potential job seekers. Grusi of Upper East Region. The towns on the national grid in the region include Bolgatanga, Navrongo, Sandema, Bawku, Zebilla Chuchuliga, Chiana, Pwalugu, Tongo, Kongo, Garu, Bongo and Nangodi. The region is the least urbanised in the country. Both these national routes are connected by the N11 which links the regional capital of Bolgatanga to Bimpiela, also in the region. The Ashanti Tribe This is by far the largest tribe in Ghana numbering about seven million in total and nearly half the population of the entire country. The Upper East Region districts remain part of the regions in Ghana that is agriculturally endowed. This is virtually the same as for the region where 92.3 per cent of persons aged 12-14 years are never married. Total income from sale of water for the year was GHS772,917.08 which fell short of the annual target of GHS3,486,082.24. The proportion of female95 headed households ranges from 11.3 per cent in the Bawku East, to 35.7 per cent in the Bongo, District. Corrugated metal is used for roofs mostly in the three most populous and most urbanized districts of Bolgatanga (42.8%), Bawku, (39.9%) and Kassena-Nankana (23.5%). The proportion aged 15-29 is highest in Bolgatanga (41.5%), Kassena-Nankana (39.8%) and Builsa (38.1%), while Bongo has the lowest proportion (33.1%). In the districts, spouses who are separated range from one per cent in Bawku East to 3.4 per cent in Bongo. However, languages that belong to the same ethnic group are usually mutually intelligible. About three quarters (72.6%) of all households using five or more sleeping rooms have seven or more members. Although Ghana is a multiethnic country, more than 98 per cent of Ghanaians are black Africans. The proportion of the regions educated population that have primary or middle/JSS as the highest level of education they attained (68.9%) is rather large, and poses a great challenge for the full implementation of the fCUBE and other education improvement programmes. The proportion with the vocational/technical/commercial level is 1.3 percent, made up of 1.7 per cent males and 1.0 per cent females. The regions soil is upland soil mainly developed from granite rocks. Maximum temperatures between March and May is about 45OC, with minimum temperatures of about 13OC occurring between December and January. The proportional shares of the three industry groups in the region are agriculture, including hunting and forestry (67.2%), manufacturing (11.3%) and wholesale and retail trade (9.6%). A variety of factors can influence health services utilization and health outcomes. The regional total fertility rate (TFR) of 4.0 and the mean age of child bearing (33 years) implies a continuous child bearing throughout the reproductive periods. The amount of rainfall recorded annually varies between 750mm and 1050mm. About two-thirds (68%) of the children work in the private informal sector. Similarly, in Bawku East, among households with nine or more rooms, 56.8 per cent have ten or more members. Among the male population, the proportion ranges from 55.7 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 64 per cent in Bawku West, while for the female population, the proportion currently married ranges from 57.2 per cent in Bongo to 70 per cent in Bawku West. There are also more households occupying seven or more rooms in the region (21%) than in the country (8.6%) as a whole. For example 45.8 per cent at the national level attained up to middle/JSS, while at the regional level it is 22.7 percent. Economic characteristics About a tenth (7.3%) are service workers and 2.7 per cent are sales workers, with 2.3 per cent in production and transport equipment work. However, the mamprusi is the group that supposedly legitimately owns the land and thus, from the village of Bende, politically manages and controls the territory. For the remaining households, the facilities available include a gutter in front of the house (21.1%) on the street/path in front of the house (39%) and the compound of the house (34.6%), (Ghana Statistical Service, 2002). The proportion of localities with a primary school within 3 kilometres ranges from 74.2 per cent in Bolgatanga to 91.1 per cent in Bongo. The Agbadza derives from an ancient conflict known as the Atrikpui and is usually performed during the Hogbestsotso festival. Being the largest urban centre in the region, the Bolgatanga municipality's administrative capital is Bolgatanga. The German minority population in Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union stemmed from several sources and arrived in several waves. The dam is also used for irrigation and fish farming. Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news. This varies from 1.3 per cent in Bongo to 43.6 per cent in Bawku East. The natural vegetation is that of the savannah woodland characterised by short scattered drought-resistant trees and grass that gets burnt by bushfire or scorched by the sun during the long dry season. The proportion urban in the country (43.8%) is almost three times as large as that of the region (15.7%). The use of open space around the house is higher in the region (15.5 percent) than in the country as a whole (8.6%). The Upper East region is divided into 15 districts, each headed by a district chief executive. The low level of population movement in the region is reflected in the fact that the proportion of the population born outside the locality of enumeration is not significantly different in the districts. Builsa-Sandema, Fumbisi. The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana[5] and is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. The regions economy is based on agriculture, primarily cattle and cereals like millet, groundnuts, sorghum and rice. Formerly known as Talensi-Nabdam district, Talensi municipality is one of the notable districts in the Upper East Region. They are the Grusi, Gurma, and the Mole-Dangbane. Upper East Region in Ghana Subdivision The population development in Upper East as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images). They must be housed, fed, clothed, educated and provided with health care and other services that either take a long time to yield dividends or have no immediate bearing on economic growth. In the region as a whole, separation, just like living together is not a common practice. Upper East is located in the north-eastern corner of the country between longitude 00 and 10 West and latitudes 100 30N and 110N. Climate migration, language policy, and language preservation in the upper regions of Ghana The proportion ranges between 1.9 per cent in Bawku West and 18.0 per cent in Bongo for males and between 6.0 per cent in Bawku West and 32.9 per cent in Bongo for females. The proportion using the kerosene lamp varies from 78.1 per cent in the Bolgatanga, to 92.7 per cent in the Builsa, District. This situation should prompt the Regional Population Council and the District Population Advisory Committees to put in place population management policies aimed at educating the population, through advocacy programmes, on the need of a smaller family size, on a sustainable basis. The substantial lack of formal sector office-based bureaucratic activities in the region and in the districts is reflected in the fact that the proportion administrative/ managerial and clerical related workers in the region make up only 1.7 per cent of the active population. It is one of the four districts created in the region in 2012, and its administrative capital is Fumbisi. In four of the districts these three contribute to more than 90 per cent of the economically active population. The traditional practice of early and almost universal marriage is reflected in the fact that the proportion of the total population, aged 15 years or older, who have never married varies from 18.5 per cent in the Bawku West, to 28.1 per cent in the Bolgatanga, District. Regarding population, the Upper East Region is the ninth-largest region in the country. Teledensity (phones/per 100 populations is very low in the region (0.1) compared to the national density of 0.7). The proportion currently married is higher in the region than in the country as a whole where only 49.9 per cent are currently married. It is also known that large deposits of manganese exist in areas between Nangodi and Duusi and to the north west of Pwalugu. Kassena-Nankana east district of the upper east region of Ghana Abu Abudu1, Stephen Gbedemah2, . The bedrock-weathered zone interface (quartz-veined aquifers) aquifer, which is the third major, is found in bedrocks. The Vagala with 1.1 per cent of the regions population has concentration above the regional value in only Bawku West (4.7%) and Bawku East (2.1%). Thus put together the proportion of females in the region (19.8%) with primary and middle/JSS is lower than that for males (26.1%). In most cases, accessibility is determined more by the individual students and/or parental preferences and/or affordability, than by the proximity of the institution. Bongo and Sandema. 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