About three quarters (72.6%) of all households using five or more sleeping rooms have seven or more members. A higher proportion share bathrooms in the country (separate bathroom shared and open cubicle shared) than in the region. Within the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo district, in the south-east mamprusi territory and north of the dagomba kingdom, the b'moba and kokomba groups are clearly the majority. Public dumpsites are not common as a method for waste disposal. The regional capital district (Bolgatanga) received the highest proportion of Ghanaian migrants (37.2%). About 1.0 per cent attained the tertiary level, made up of 1.4 per cent males and 0.8 per cent females. The icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, literacy (a11+), ethnic group). Western, Central, Eastern and Brong Ahafo regions) of Ghana -regions that are relatively more prosperous than those in the northern part of the country (i.e. Their population is estimated between 6 to 7 million about 40 per cent of the population. 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). The Eastern Region - Koforidua. Since older men tend to marry younger women, and women survive longer than men on average, husbands are more likely to die earlier leaving more widowed women. Almost one in five (18.8%) of households in the region cook in the open space within the dwelling unit. With the dependency ratio of 99.2 (43.4% or the population under 15 and 6.4% aged 65 and older), it means that 100 economically active persons have responsibility for 99 dependants. A further 26.6 per cent use the open compound space or veranda in front of their living quarters or in their rooms. No exploitation of this mineral has been carried out yet. There is a long spell of dry season from November to mid February, characterized by cold, dry and dusty harmattan winds. The dam is also used for irrigation and fish farming. 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 rock types are mainly phyllites, quartzites, schists and conglomerates. The Regions inter-censal rate is 1.2 percent per annum and is slightly below the national growth rate of 2.5 percent. The analysis shows that 77.8 per cent of households in the region are headed by males. Apprentices and others make up the remaining 1.6 percent. The sharpest drop is in Bawku West (46.6 percentage points), followed by Builsa (34.7 percentage points), Bongo (32.6 percentage points) and Bawku East (32 percentage points). Lack of dedicated transformers for Sandema, Chiana, Pusiga and Zebilla is causing high production down times. The region falls low in most of the indicators that measure socio-economic development, such as level of education, literacy and accessibility to social services. During the Homowo celebration in late August and early September, priestesses perform this ritual dance in shrines throughout greater Accra. They speak the Ewe language. Only 4 per cent are in the public sector and 0.2 per cent are employed by the semi public/parastatal sector. nonmigrants) varies from 86.7 per cent in the Bolgatanga to 93.5 per cent in the Bawku West, District. The Ewe ethnic group is located in the Brong Ahafo, Bono East, Ashanti, Western North, Western, Central, Western, Eastern and Ahafo. Navrongo also has a Health Research Centre. The Central Region - Cape Coast. The rank order of the five occupations is same for males and females. Catholics form the majority of Christians (57.7%) followed by Pentecostal/Charismatic groups (21.7%) and Protestants (12.3%). From age 20, ablebodied persons begin to migrate and some may return after age 64. There is a great potential in the region for the large-scale production of rice especially in the now onchocerciasis (river blindness) free zone. Electricity supply in the region is from the national grid and it serves about 60% of the towns and some portion of the rural communities. Educational attainment is consistently lower in the region, at every level, compared to the national pattern. The major ethnic groups in the region are; Programmes, projects and activities that are either population influencing or population responsive include improving and expanding the health of mothers and children (programmes on breast-feeding, ante-natal care, post-natal care, growth monitoring, child survival, safe motherhood), reduction in the incidence of teenage pregnancy and reduction in incidence of child bearing among women older than 35 years. There are 449 primary Schools, 177 JSS and 23 SSS. The availability, accessibility and affordability of kerosene should therefore be of great concern in each district of the region. At the regional level age-sex ratios drop sharply from a high of about 110 males in the age group 15-19 years to below 90 males in the age group 20-24 years. Light bills from Bongo and Zebilla systems amounting to the tune of Ghs150,000.00 is still outstanding. When the population who have ever attended school is isolated, the levels attained are not significantly different between males and females. Gold was mined during the colonial administration around Nangodi, about 24 kms from Bolgatanga on the Bolgatanga- Bawku road. Potential investors therefore have a lot to gain since the region has a great potential for commercial livestock and poultry rearing. The Public health care programmes include the expansion and improvement of health, water and sanitation, surveillance, prevention and control of malaria, yaws, oncho, guinea worm, diarrhoea diseases, acute respiratory infections, and mental health. The Dagombas make up less than one per cent (0.8%) of the regions population with the highest concentration of 1.7 per cent in the Bolgatanga district. The proportion of females in the region is slightly higher than the national average. The region is the least urbanized in the country, having only 15.7 per cent of the population living in urban centres; two districts, Builsa and Bongo, are entirely rural. White Volta and the Red Volta are two significant tributaries of the Volta River that run through the municipality. This page was last edited on 20 November 2022, at 19:40. The proportion that attained Secondary/Teacher Training level varies from 3.0 per cent in Bawku West to 5.2 per cent in Kassena-Nankana. Notwithstanding the long periods of co-existence among the heterogeneous ethnic groups the melting pot effect has not emerged as attachment to primordial identity lines still prevail. Upper East Region has a total population of 1,301,221 in the 2021 Population and Housing Census. NorthernGhana comprises the three northernmost administrative regions of Ghana:the Upper West Region, Upper East Region and Northern Region.These lie roughly north of the Lower Black Volta River, which together with its tributaries the . For example, a single parent sharing one sleeping room with his/her teenage child can be said to be crowding each other because of the lack of privacy whereas a couple with a two-year old child, occupying one sleeping room could be perceived as normal and therefore not overcrowded. Completed family size however is not an indicator of current fertility because the births to these women occurred in the past at varying times in a period extending about 25 years. The proportion of households with seven or more sleeping rooms is 13.8 per cent in Bawku West while it is far below the regional figure in the remaining four districts. For females, the level is below 80 per cent in Kassena-Nankana (78.6%), Bolgatanga (76.3%) and Bongo (74.9%). The proportion of households with six persons or more varies from 36.9 per cent in the Builsa, to 68.2 per cent in the Bawku East, District. These two regions account for only about a fourth (22.7%) of migrants from outside the region. Bawku West has the lowest ratio of one healer to 458 people, followed by Builsa with 513 people, about 80 times less than the population per orthodox doctor ratio in these districts. The dwindling yields of the Bongo Water System where the two out of the three boreholes being used currently is discharging a total of 50m. Less than two per cent are reported as being in such a union. About two per cent (1.9%) profess no religious affiliation, and less than one per cent (0.8 percent) belong to other religious groupings. There are also maternity homes and nine dressing centres. Three main religious grouping are found in the Upper East Region, namely: Christianity, Islam and the Traditional. In the new system, instructions start in English. The composition of households shows that the proportion of heads of households varies from 11.4 per cent in the Bawku East, to 19.2 per cent in the Builsa, and that of spouses of heads of households, ranges from 8.9 per cent in the Bongo, to 13.3 per cent in the Bawku East, District. Upper East. The Dagomba people commemorate the end of a drought with the Bamaya dance. Type of activity. 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. Significantly, charcoal use in the region is relatively low, from 2 per cent in Bongo to 20.3 per cent in Bolgatanga. It shares boundaries with Bolgatanga community to the South West, Burkina Faso to the North, Nabdam district to the South East, and Kassena-Nankana East community to the West. The observed pattern of the sex ratios reflects the effects of the sex ratio at birth, and the different patterns of migration and mortality for males and females. In all the other districts, the pattern is similar to what is observed in the region as a whole. https://www.modernghana.com/author/AbongoMashoodAjene, Rock formation in the Tongo Hills near Gorogo. There are more rooms available to each household in the region than in the country as a whole. The proportion of households paying rent ranges from 4.5 per cent in Bawku West to 14.9 per cent in Bolgatanga. The proportion is highest in Bongo (89.8%) and lowest in Bawku West (66.7%). Bathing in the open space is more common in the three most populous and relatively more urbanized districts. Characteristically, the pyroclastic and basic volcanics in this region have been altered and metamorphosed into hornblende schists and amphibolotes and the folds in these rock formations dips in the direction of 300 900 in the NE NW directions. There is high fluoride content in underground water especially in Bongo and Kassena Nankana West Districts. In the urban areas, gutters constructed, as storm drains along roads have also become receptacles for solid and liquid waste disposal, thus, becoming sites for mosquitoes and other pests to breed. Be the first to get hottest news from our Editor-in-Chief, Check your email and confirm your subscription. A variety of factors can influence health services utilization and health outcomes. These rocks are found at the South Western and South Eastern parts of the region. 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. Waste disposal facilities The age-sex ratios remain low till age 40-44 years when the ratios pick up again. Other relatives are the second largest group of household members other than heads of households in the region and in each district; another significant group is grandchildren. Volta, Northern, Upper East and Upper . 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 paper examines conflicts in Northern and Upper East regions of Ghana from the perspective of identity crisis in an ethnically heterogeneous section of the country. The proportion literate in a Ghanaian language (i.e. Agona East. The former produces granite chippings for the construction industry whilst the latter cuts rocks in the form of bricks for export. Another important classification of the characteristics of the economically active population is by employment status. Although the differences between the region and the total country for various educational levels, the differences are very large. The girl-child education can only be improved, at the JSS level and beyond, when the local economy is improved. Talensi- Tongo Investors could therefore take advantage of this. The two adjacent regions show similar deviations from the national picture. Unpaid family workers form the next highest group (14.0%) and ranges from 6.4 per cent in Bongo to 18.3 per cent in Bawku East, followed by 18.2 per cent in Kassena-Nankana and 17.2 per cent in Bawku West. The population[1] of the Region rose from 920,089 in 2000 to 1,046,545 in 2010 an increase of 13.7 percent with 104 per/sqkm. Roads in the region are generally not bad, except in remote areas, All districts have access to at least one mobile phone operator. 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. It may also be due to the fact that not much education has been given to change the age-old perception that the girlchilds education is a waste of parental resources and will only benefit the man she marries in the future. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Bawku and Zebilla. UDS (University for Applied Science & Technology), Navrongo. About one in eight (12.3%) had jobs but did not work. Example "ete sen" which means "how are you." They eat fufu and ampesi as their main food. The North East Region of Ghana was a proposed new region to be carved out of the existing . The administrative capital is Bongo. Sex composition and sex ratio Nabdam District became an Assembly by Legislative Instrument (L.I. The rural population in 1984 was 87.1 percent. It is worth noting that Bongo has both the highest proportion of female household heads (35.7%) and lowest female temporary household heads (59.4%), far exceeding both regional and national levels. The method is categorized as collected where the solid waste is either collected by authorized or self-appointed collectors. The Western Region - Sekondi. Bongo. In Bawku East where the age dependency ratio is 110.0, the population under 15 years is 45.8 per cent and those 65 years and older is 6.9 percent. engagement in economic activity by children of school going age 7-14 years) is widespread in all districts. Bongo is a more compact district, in terms of land area, than Bolgatanga. The main industrial activities are agriculture including hunting, forestry and fishing (92.8%), wholesale and retail trade (2.1%), private household (2.2%) and wholesale and retail trade (2.1%). 1. The Upper East Region of Ghana contains 13 districts made up of 2 municipal and 11 ordinary district. The use of earth/mud is highest in Bawku West (88%) and lowest in Bawku East (41.7%), while the use of cement/concrete, is highest in Bawku East (54.4%) and lowest in Bawku West (9.4%). There has been frequent bursting of pipelines in the first seven systems even though the region continues to fix them. The volume of migration is generally low for both migration within the region and migration from outside the region. This aquifer type can occur as semi-confined or confined and it is the most productive in the Upper East Region, with relatively high yields. The Fanti people of Ghana perform Apatampa, a Ghanaian dance. Only 3.5 per cent who have ever attended school reached secondary/SSS level. Other members of the RCC include representatives from each district assembly, regional heads of decentralized ministries, and representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs. Mobile telephone services are available in only a limited number of localities, with Spacefon and Ghana Telecoms One Touch systems operating from Bawku, Bolgatanga and Navrongo. On the basis of this classification, 58.5 per cent of households in the country have access to potable water, made up of 42.1 per cent pipe-borne water or tanker service and 16.4 per cent borehole. The regional picture, however, changes depending on the base district of the ethnic groups. At the national level the proportion of urban population rose from 32.0 percent in 1984, 43.8 percent in 2000 and 50.9 percent in 2010. The region is bordered on the north by the Upper West and Upper East region, on the east by Togo, on the south by Brong Ahafo and Volta regions, and on the west by Cte d'Ivoire. The Upper West Region districts, tribes, languages, cultural activities. Historically, the Upper East Region is part of what used to be the Upper Region (Upper East and Upper West), which was itself carved out of what used to be the Northern Region on 1st July, 1960. 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