Upper East Region of Ghana

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The Upper East Region of Ghana is a predominantly rural administrative region in the country’s far northeast, known for its savannah landscape, cultural festivals, and historic sites such as the Paga crocodile pond and the Tongo Hills.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of Ghana ⓘ
abbreviation GMT ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Ghana ⓘ
bordersCountry Burkina Faso ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
bordersRegion North East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ
capital Bolgatanga ⓘ
climate tropical savannah climate ⓘ
contains Bawku ⓘ
Bolgatanga ⓘ
Navrongo Cathedral ⓘ
Paga crocodile pond ⓘ
linked to: Paga Crocodile Pond

Sirigu village ⓘ
Tongo ⓘ
Tongo Hills ⓘ
White Volta River ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
geographicalFeature savannah landscape ⓘ
hasCrop groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage annual festivals ⓘ
traditional mud architecture ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity basket weaving ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Builsa people ⓘ
Frafra people ⓘ
Gurunsi peoples ⓘ
Kusasi people ⓘ
hasLanguage Buli ⓘ
Gurune ⓘ
Kasem ⓘ
Kusaal ⓘ
hasMajorTown Bawku ⓘ
Bolgatanga ⓘ
Navrongo ⓘ
Paga ⓘ
Zebilla ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction Paga crocodile pond ⓘ
linked to: Paga Crocodile Pond

Sirigu painted houses ⓘ
Tongo Hills and Tengzug Shrine ⓘ
isPredominantly rural ⓘ
knownFor Paga crocodile pond ⓘ
linked to: Paga Crocodile Pond

Tongo Hills ⓘ
cultural festivals ⓘ
historic sites ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
northeastern Ghana ⓘ
regionalCapital Bolgatanga ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ

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Northern Territories of the Gold Coast → successor → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Frafra language → spokenIn → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Kusaal language → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana → borders → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Frafra → locatedIn → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Bimoba → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Paga → regionOfCountry → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Gurunsi → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Builsa → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Nabdam → culturalRegion → Upper East cultural zone of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Upper East Region of Ghana
Kusasi → regionOfOrigin → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Upper West Region of Ghana → bordersRegion → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Air Force Base Tamale → regionServed → Upper East Region, Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Upper East Region of Ghana
Gurune → hasRegion → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Farefare → regionOfUse → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Nankani dialect → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Kusaasi → mainLanguageRegion → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Buili → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Kasem → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Kasena → hasRegion → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Farefare language → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Koussassé → spokenInRegion → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
North East Region of Ghana → borderedBy → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Kusaal → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Buli → region → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Gurene language → spokenIn → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Nankani language → isSpokenInEthnicRegion → Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ