These are Government, NGOs, particularly religious organizations, large industrial establishments and private individuals. Much of the female-male differentials in educational attainment, however, is at the middle/JSS or higher levels. Manufacturing, the second major industry, is lowest in Bawku West (4.0%) and highest in Bongo (26.4%). Agona East. In this predominantly peasant labour intensive agricultural economy, if the district economies do not grow rapidly and jobs are not created sufficiently to match the economically active population, there will be a constant pool of unemployed labour. The long-term objective of the program is to develop the manpower for research and development in the region by providing the skill sets for future scientists who are easily recruited in prominent positions in Egypt and the region. It is higher than 10 per cent in only the 3 more urbanised districts of Kasesena- Nankana (10.1%), Bolgatanga (20.3%) and Bawku East (11.7%). For liquid waste disposal, the picture is not any better. The dwellers also keep livestock, including sheep, cattle, donkeys, and goats. It lies between longitudes 1 o 25'W and 2 o 50'W, and between latitudes 9 o 35N and 11 o. Topography and Drainage All the remaining industry groups make up about one eighth (11.9%) of activities in the region, compared with 24.8 per cent at the national level. Poverty alleviation programmes and broad public health and income generation programmes and the provision of basic community services need to be implemented to the benefit of the disadvantaged in society, particularly the vulnerable and excluded groups. Insufficient number of mechanized boreholes to meet water demand. For males the proportion ranges from 57.7 per cent in Bolgatanga to 89.0 per cent in Bawku West, while that for females is from 44.8 per cent to 81.5 per cent in the same districts. This is made up of 66.6 per cent of males and 82.8 per cent of females. Senior secondary schools are the least available, in terms of numbers. The region is administered politically from Bolgatanga. Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) supplies pipe-born water to Bolgatanga, Chuchuliga, Zebilla, Bawku, Sandema, Navrongo, Bongo and Paga. Drainage is mainly by the White and Red Volta and Sissili Rivers (Regional Coordinating Unit, 2003). The major industrial activities engaged in by the children are: agricultural related activity, including hunting, forestry and fishing (62.4%), manufacturing (25.2%) and wholesale and retail trade (4.8%). For example, of the households using nine or more sleeping rooms in Bawku West, 58.8 per cent have nine or more members. Also, it shares boundaries with Bawku West district, the Republic of Togo, Burkina Faso, and Garu community to the North, East, West and the South respectively. Rooms in compound houses are the predominant type of dwelling units in all the districts. The major ethnic groups in Upper East fall under the broad categories of Mole Dagbon (74.5%), Grusi (8.5%), Mande-Busanga (6.2%) and Gurma (3.2%). The proportion engaged in wholesale and retail trade, the third major industrial activity in the region and in 3 of the districts, is lowest in Bawku West (4.9%) and higher in Bawku East (11.6%), followed by Bolgatanga (10.8%). This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Seven out of ten (71.0%) are in the private informal sector. Each tribe is frequently subdivided into subgroups. They are numerous tourist attractions in the region, notable among which are the Paga Crocodile Pond, the Bolgatanga Museum which houses objects of historical importance of the region and the Kulungugu Bomb site, where an attempt was made on the life of Ghanas first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The method is categorized as collected where the solid waste is either collected by authorized or self-appointed collectors. About one in four of the births (22.8%) occurs to mothers aged 15-24 years compared to 17.1 per cent to mothers aged 40-49 years. Until 1984, Burkina Faso, meaning "Land of Incorruptible People" was known as . The proportion of households paying rent ranges from 4.5 per cent in Bawku West to 14.9 per cent in Bolgatanga. There are Eastern Region, Western Region, and Upper East Region of Ghana. Apprentices and others make up the remaining 1.6 percent. About two per cent (1.9%) profess no religious affiliation, and less than one per cent (0.8 percent) belong to other religious groupings. Water closet (W.C) in house is not common, given the low level of piped water supply in the districts. The Builsa South district was carved out of the then Builsa community and created on the 7th of June, 2012. Disinfection of the Water Supply Systems has however reduced the bacteriological contamination. Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam. Type of activity. Sandema in Builsa is famous as the site where Builsa warriors captured and killed the slave mauranders, Samori and Babatu, to mark the end of the slave trade in the northern part of Ghana. Children of the heads of households constitute the highest proportion of household members in each district. The survival rate of the children ever born varies from 70.0 per cent in the Bongo, to 80.8 per cent in the Bawku East, District. Pupils of 20.5 per cent of localities, however, have to travel 5 kilometres or more to attend the nearest primary school. Located in the North-Eastern section of the Upper East Region, the municipality shares borders with the Republic of Burkina Faso to the West by Talensi district. Taking into consideration the lack of adequate personnel manning all the health facilities, however, emergency cases may result in fatalities due to lack of prompt and adequate attention. The current programme of Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) is supposed to guarantee free education to all children of school going age. The use of shared cooking space is not very common in the region. The two adjacent regions show similar deviations from the national picture. There are thus fewer non-Ghanaians (2.1%) than naturalized Ghanaians, constituted of ECOWAS national (1%), other Africa (0.7%) and non-Africa (0.4%). These are Builsa South, Navrongo Central, Chiana-Paga, Bongo, Bolgatanga, Sandema, Talensi, Nabdan, Zebilla, Binduri, Bawku Central and Garu-Tempane. Solid and liquid waster disposal The reasons for the preference of these districts are not far fetched. The proportion is higher than the regional average (79.5%) in Builsa, Kassena-Nankana and Bongo. Similarly, sex ratios (males per 100 females) are only slightly above the regional value of 92.6 in the Builsa and Bolgatanga, Districts. Other members of the RCC include representatives from each district assembly, regional heads of decentralized ministries, and representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs. 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. However, the two adjacent districts in the Northern region, which are located to the South of Bawku East and Bawku West, are mostly Mamprusi. The dry season starts in November and ends in March/April with maximum temperatures occurring towards the end of the dry season (March . Although the information on school attendance was collected for everybody aged 3 years or older, official school entry age in the country is 6 years. Contents: Subdivision The population development in Eastern as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images). For the region as a whole and for each district, illiteracy is higher for females than for males. 1). 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. 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%). Maximum temperatures between March and May is about 45OC, with minimum temperatures of about 13OC occurring between December and January. The following is a list of the region's districts and what you should know about each of them. It was first performed in the early nineteenth century in Dagbon states in the Northern Region. About 56 per cent (55.7 percent) of the labour force is below 35 years. The major ethnic groups in Ghana include the Akan, Ewe, Mole-Dagbane, Guan, and Ga-Adangbe. The two forms of extractive activities in the region are mining and quarrying. Naturalized Ghanaian citizen constitute 5.3 percent. As many as 91.2 per cent of households in Bongo and 84 per cent in Kassena-Nankana have no facility. President J. It lies between longitude 0 and 1 West, and latitudes 10 30N and 11N. The orthodox health service in the region is organised in a four-tier system: regional, district, sub-district and community levels. Temperatures during this period can be as low as 14 degrees centigrade at night, but can go to more than 35 degrees centigrade during the daytime. Some of the dominant dialects include Nankani, Bisah, Kusal, Ndam, Kassem, and Gurune. Nadams-Nangodi The Agbadza derives from an ancient conflict known as the Atrikpui and is usually performed during the Hogbestsotso festival. Additionally, thatch from grass, wood or mud/mud bricks account for over 75.0 per cent of material for roof in every district. The icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, literacy (a11+), ethnic group). The population per doctor ratio for the region is 23,592, which is far higher than the national average of 1 doctor to 9,418 persons. For instance the Builsa who constitute 7.6 per cent of the regions population, make up 84.1 per cent of the population of the district. Members of Parliament are exofficio members of the Assemblies of the districts in which their constituencies are located. In relation to employment status, most of the children are self-employed without employees (83.3%), unpaid family workers (10.2%) and domestic employees (3.1%). For example, whereas only 8.9 per cent of households in Kassena-Nankana live in houses roofed with thatch from grass, 78.2 per cent in Bawku West live in houses roofed with thatch from grass. The distance to the nearest doctor therefore depends on how far the patient is away from the health facility. 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 Regional Health Directorate is responsible for the overall health service planning, organisation, monitoring, supervision, evaluation and provision of technical support to districts. The retired/pensioner group ranges from 1.9 per cent in Bawku East to 3.9 per cent in Builsa. The differences in the female/male population from age 20 to 69 are consistently high for the region. The Akans are the largest ethnic group in Ghana and they are found in the Ashanti region. Family planning IEC programmes to encourage and maintain the involvement of males in family planning, control of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS (training of health workers, IEC on STDs) to provide training and understanding on how population and development are related (training programmes, workshops for district level policy makers and implementers, heads of Government departments, traditional leaders). It is the 2nd smallest region in Ghana. In each district, there are slightly more females than males in this sector. The architectural mud roofing phenomenon of flat mud roof houses is prevalent in northern Ghana and serves as sleeping place for households when normal sleeping rooms become unbearably hot. Between the ages of 20 and 69 years, however there are more females than males. A higher proportion (9.4%) of males attain higher levels of schooling than females (5.3%). 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 environmental implications should therefore be a national concern. ), thickness of overburden, the geology and nature of the topography in the region and the degree of inter-connectivity. It is the language officially used in the government, in business communications, and in education as a medium of instruction. The population aged 65 years and above forms the smallest segment and is a reflection of the young age structure of the population of the districts. Less than five per cent of households in the region live in rent-free accommodation, compared to 19.5 per cent in the country as a whole. Distance, thus, is likely to affect daily school attendance and eventually the dropout rate. By 2003 Kassena-Nankana was the best-endowed district in terms of doctors, with16 (41.0%) of the 39 doctors in the region, while Bolgatanga had 12 or 30.8 per cent. Areas with clay deposits include Gambibgo, Zanlerigu, Yikini and Kalbeo. Northern Ghana comprises the three northernmost administrative regions of Ghana: the . These shared attributes were among the variables that contributed to state formation in the precolonial period. The lowest (27.3%) is in Kassena-Nankana. The district was carved out from Bawku municipal and stood alone in 2012. The availability, accessibility and affordability of kerosene should therefore be of great concern in each district of the region. All the districts in Upper East have room occupancy below the threshold value. The Mole-Dagbani ethnic group comprises the Moshi (Mossi), Mamprusi, Nanumba and Dagomba.There are more than 450,000 Mamprusi living in Ghana, and approximately 11,000 in Togo. Ghanaians by birth or parenthood constitute 92.5 per cent of the population of the region. The proportions employed are higher than 65.0 per cent in all districts except Bawku West (60.6%). Except in a few towns, majority of the inhabitants live in rural areas with subsistence farms around their houses. On the other hand, female inhabitants were most populous in the Volta . The kerosene lamp is the main source of lighting for at least three out of every four households. Regarding population, the Upper East Region is the ninth-largest region in the country. The sex ratios reflect the observed pattern which is contrary to the expected pattern of more females than males at the older ages, and may be partly due to exaggeration of age by elderly men. It is the nerve centre of all commercial activities in the whole of the Northern Sector of Ghana. These facilities are however limited in coverage. For example, the Bimoba comprise 2.8 per cent of the population in the region but have no concentration in any one district. The socio-cultural problems that can arise as a result of the ethnic diversity of Bawku East often manifested in the many ethnic conflicts in the district. The median age of household heads is below 50 years with the proportion of headship increasing with age up to 50 years. The private informal sector predominates both the national and regional economy. Postal services are available in large settlements (Bolgatanga, Bongo, Zebilla, Navrongo, Sandema and Bawku). The regions population of 920,089 is not evenly distributed among the six districts. Educational attainment is consistently lower in the region, at every level, compared to the national pattern. Demographic characteristics Domestic employees account for 2.7 per cent of working children. The age structure of the population of the region indicates a broad base that gradually tapers off with increasing age. The health and reproductive health specific programmes include the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) and family planning services delivery programmes (importation of contraceptives, distribution of contraceptives), sale of contraceptives, training of communitybased distributors, training of traditional birth attendants (TBAs). Human interference with ecology is significant, resulting in near semi-arid conditions. Over-crowding is lower in Builsa compared to the region as a whole. The private sector provides employment for almost all the working population, with the proportion varying from 92.2 per cent in the Bolgatanga, to 97.2 per cent in the Bawku West. 70% of Labour force are engaged in Agriculture with the technology being manual (hoe and cutlass). It is a multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious country. 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. Bolgatanga, at present, has 90 Ghana Telecom pay phone booths and 179 privately owned commercial communications centres. Mobitel (Millicom) currently has no service in the region, but expects to operate from Bawku from early 2004. About one tenth (11.6%) of localities in Bawku East are 25 kilometres or more from the nearest clinic or maternity home. Literacy in a Ghanaian language is low in the region. In the districts, the proportion not working because of some disability ranges from 2.4 per cent in Bolgatanga to 6.6 per cent in Bongo. The 2000 Census results show that only 23.5 per cent of the regions population (15 years and older) are literate in either English or a known Ghanaian language (7.0% are literate in both). Unpaid family workers are the next highest group with 14.0 percent. The proportion widowed is much higher for females (13%) compared to males (3%), a threefold increase. In relation to industry, there are more children in the private household industry than is recorded for the adult population. Gas and electricity are not very affordable and accessible to most households. The Bawku East District has 12.5 per cent of the doctors, 32.2 per cent of the nurses and 26.0 per cent of the para-medical staff. Bawku East also has the largest proportion of households with seven or more sleeping rooms (23.8 percent). Another important classification of the characteristics of the economically active population is by employment status. Firewood, millet and guinea corn stock and charcoal are the three main sources of fuel for cooking in the districts. Livestock rearing is also a common agriculture activity among the people in the region. The region as a whole is poorly served with telephone facilities. Translate texts with the world's best machine translation . 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. UDS (University for Applied Science & Technology), Navrongo. The already documented policies, programmes, projects and activities are extensive and comprehensive enough to meet the needs and priorities of individual districts, sub-districts and communities. 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 region has a large and youthful labour force, which, if properly managed, can become a great economic asset. 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. These draw a lot of tourists to the 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. This declining proportion of household headship after age 50 years would tend to contradict the popular notion that the culture being patriarchal, several generations in a compound look up to the patriarch as head of the residents. The proportion of females in the region is slightly higher than the national average. However, within region of birth categories, there is no consistent pattern of a higher percentage of males or of females. Households that use public bathhouse or bathroom in another house are few. As for the ethnic groups and tribes in the Upper East Region of Ghana, there are seven major ethnic groups and more than eight languages. The two ethnic groups account for 63 per cent of the population. The male-female differential in educational attainment, which is negligible at the lower levels, increasingly widens at each successive level of educational attainment. About 78.0 per cent of localities in the region, however, have met the Ministrys accessibility standard of a JSS within five kilometre radius. Generally, it has been observed that the aquifer systems in the upper half of the region have higher yields than the southern half of the region. The proportion of males aged 0-19 years (56.3%) is higher than that for females (49.0%). Various programmes, projects and activities have been suggested over the years to address the population and development problems of the country, but problems of implementation have made it difficult to make progress. This situation is reinforced by the fact that the population is relatively young, with 41.4 per cent below 15 years; this requires substantial expansion in the local economy to provide employment opportunities, as well as educational and health facilities. In Bawku West, the major occupations of working children include agriculture and related workers (92.5%), services workers (3.3%), and sales workers (2%), and production, and transport equipment workers (1.9%). You can find these cultural institutions on both the southern and northern banks of the Volta River. Unemployment is slightly higher for males than for females in each district. The relative importance of manufacturing and trade varies between districts. Single person households form about 6 per cent in Builsa, Kassena-Nankana and Bolgatanga, and less than 5 per cent in the Bawku East (3%), Bawku West (4.2%) and Bongo (4.8%). The Eastern Region - Koforidua. Each district is administered by a Municipal/District Assembly headed by a Chief Executive nominated by the President and approved by a two-thirds majority of the Assembly Members present and voting. These proportions are about twice those of the country: 5 per cent (2.1% males and 7.8% females). The most pressing population and development problems requiring policy formulation and interventions are human reproduction/natural increase issues, young age structure and high dependency burden, high level of illiteracy, especially among the adult population, nonavailability and/or poor access to social infrastructural facilities and services, including electricity and health services, uneven distribution and poor quality educational infrastructure. A Kufuor created this community with its administrative capital, Paga, and it was inaugurated on the 29th of February, 2008. As already indicated, small -scale industries constitute the most important industries in the region. Vegetation withers in dry season and is subject to bush burning, leading to serious degradation of the soil. Twice as many 1-3 person households in the districts (16.4%) have five or more sleeping rooms compared to 7.5 per cent in the region as a whole. The age structure of the region is reflected in the age structure of each district. The three districts together have 85.6 per cent of all the available medical staff. In addition to the 7 major groups, there are several minor ethnic groups in the region. Contrary to the popular perception that children are used as househelp, child domestic employees make up only 3 per cent while other employees make up 1.7 percent. While water treated for consumption in Bolgatanga is from the Vea Dam, the pipe-born water systems in the other townships make use of mechanised boreholes. 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