Among the Mole-Dagbon, the Nabdam, Kusasi, Nankani/Gurense and Builsa are significant. Regarding population, the Upper East Region is the ninth-largest region in the country. The inadequate number of SSSs may hamper progression from JSS to SSS. The proportion for males (66.1%) is lower than that for females (69.1%). The dependency ratio of 99.2 in 2000 for the region is a slight increase from the 96.7 in 1984. Comparison of demographic indicators at the national and regional levels. The three major industrial activities at the national level are agriculture, including hunting and forestry (49.1%) wholesale and retail trade (15.2%) and manufacturing (10.9%). The region is not left out when it comes to sites and scenes of tourist interest. The current programme of Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) is supposed to guarantee free education to all children of school going age. Even though some of the clinics and hospitals are owned by non-governmental agencies, the doctors in the 5 hospitals are normally either fully employed by Government or are seconded to the hospitals by the Ministry of Health. The major ethnic groups in the region fall under the broad generic categories of the Mole Dagbon (75.7%) and Grusi (18.4%). The age structure of the population in the districts is skewed towards the youth. From age 20, ablebodied persons begin to migrate and some may return after age 64. The excess of females has implications for agriculture and food production given the known traditional male control of access to land and landownership in the region. The Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education programme (fCUBE) seeks to address four main constraints to the provision of good quality universal basic education in the country. This article is about the demographic features of the population of Ghana, including population density, nationality and citizenship, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace . 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. Crops like millet, onion, and tomato are widely grown there. At the World Economic Forum today, Administrator Samantha Power announced USAID will launch the Enterprises for Development, Growth, and Empowerment (EDGE) Fund, an innovative new fund designed to unlock and unleash outsized private sector impacts on global development challenges. Look up in Linguee; Suggest as a translation of "Upper East Region of Ghana" Copy; DeepL Translator Dictionary. For instance, at the national level, there is a sharp drop of 13.1 percentage points from age 15-19 (104.2%) to age 20-24 (91.1%). On the basis of lithology and field relationships, the Voltaian is sub-divided into three sub-groups: Upper, Middle (Oti and Obosum) and Lower Voltaian (Basal Sandstones). The reality though is that the district is the smallest in area, such that even though the district has only a clinic with one doctor, the distances from this one facility are relatively short. There is a great potential in the region for the large-scale production of rice especially in the now onchocerciasis (river blindness) free zone. Kassena- Nankani- Navrongo/Paga, Mirigu, Sirigu In most rural communities, educational facilities are often located at great distance from the communities. Yen.com.gh recently published a fascinating article about Ghana's visa-free countries. The Kusasis make up 22.6 per cent of the regions total population, but they make up about 75 per cent of the population of Bawku West and 47.6 per cent of the population of Bawku East. The proportions born in another locality in the region, in another region, and outside Ghana, are not much different for the national and regional averages. The highest proportion of 44.5 per cent is in Bawku West, while the lowest (33.5%) is in Bongo. It was to effectively address the imbalance in development that the decentralization programme was initiated in 1984 with the District Assemblies established to initiate and coordinate the processes of planning, programming, budgeting and implementation of district plans, programmes and projects relevant to the needs of particular districts and communities. The age-structures of the districts are examined in broad and sometimes overlapping segments namely: children under fives years (0-4 years), children below 15 years, youth aged 15-19 years, the conventional working force age group of 15-64 years and the conventional aged dependent group of 65 years and older. Upper East Region - Bolgatanga The Capital of the Upper East Region is Bolgatanga. Although the proportion of females who had never attended school is still higher than that for males, the proportion has reduced from 88.1 per cent in 1984 to 74.4 per cent in 2000. 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. Also included in this category of interventions are agricultural reform or transformation (research into land tenure systems, land use planning, appropriate technology) and food security issues (production, storage, distribution of food). Distances from locality to nearest facilities. The Dagaba live in the western part of the region, the Sisaala live in the eastern areas, and the Wala live in Wa and a few of the. Out of the regions total urban population, the largest proportion of 43.8 per cent is in Bawku East, followed by 34.1 per cent in Bolgatanga, 16.5 per cent in Kassena-Nankana and 5.6 per cent in Bawku West. The Akan tribe consists of Fante, Asante, Akyem, Ahanta, Akwamu, Bono, Safwi, Akwapim, and Kwahu subgroups. Naden, Anthony J. This is a very important factor for a region which falls within the cerebro-spinal-meningitis endemic belt of the country; a disease whose aetiology and epidemiology depend very much on overcrowding and poor ventilation in places of population concentration. The major languages of the region are Dagaare, Sissali, Wale and Lobi. Type of activity. The Kassena and the Nankani, who make up 15.7 per cent of the regions population, together make up 88.3 per cent of the population of Kassena-Nankana. The Ministry of Educations policy is to site a JSS within a 5-kilometre radius. Four in five (80.3%) communities in the region have access to a clinic or maternity home within 15 kilometres of the locality, with Bongo having the highest of 98.7 per cent and Bawku East the lowest (70.7%). Thus, this should be an incentive to potential investors. Payment rate has risen to 87.48% from a target of 85%. Domestic employees account for 2.7 per cent of working children. About seven out of ten (69.4%) migrants are from the southern sector of the country, and almost half of these are from Ashanti (32.6%). 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. 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. Housing condition and community facilities. Since much of literature and mass communication is in English, the effective literacy level is only 19.4 percent. The Upper East Region has incredible tourist sites and beautiful features that attract tourist to the region. The significant differences are that none of the children is engaged in formal sector occupations such as professional and technical work, administration managerial or clerical work. The private formal sector employs about a fifth (21.2%) of economically active population in the region. While the quarrying industry is being actively exploited the same cannot be said about the mining industry. Several policy issues are involved. Whereas in the country as a whole, only 20.2 per cent have access to no facility, in each district of the region, at least three out of every four households have no toilet facility (use bush, farm, etc). The age structure for the sexes shows that, in the Region, there are more females 540,149 (51.6%) than males 506,405 (48.4%) in 2010; this is similar to the national proportion of 51.2 percent females. The proportions in this category range from 33.1 per cent in Bongo to 41.5 per cent in Bolgatanga. For the majority of households in the region (68.4%) the facility available is either a public dumpsite (13.2%) or elsewhere at their convenience (55.2%), which could be a stream or open gutter or on someones undeveloped plot of land, all of which have serious environmental and health consequences (Ghana Statistical Service, March 2002). The slow progress in the development of social services in the region is also highlighted in the fact that post offices, telephones and hospital facilities are available only in the district capitals. There are Eastern Region, Western Region, and Upper East Region of Ghana. Given the community secondary schools concept, there is much more to do in order to provide SSS facilities in the districts. From the JSS level, many girls, in their puberty age, are given out in marriage, and some migrate to the south, as house helps or Kayayee, to earn a living. Builsa South district to the West, Bolgatanga community to the East and Burkina Faso to the North are part of the areas the community shares boundaries with. One distinct feature of these cottage industries is that they are basically labour intensive and rely mostly on traditional talent and skill. It is also one of the few matrilineal societies in West Africa and Africa as a whole. Each tribe is frequently subdivided into subgroups. At the district level, the widowed proportion ranges from 6.8 per cent in Bawku East to 10.9 per cent in Bongo. The majority of Ghanaians regard the traditional and modern medical systems as complementary and patronize both of them. Results: Five main themes emerged from the data analysis. Roads in the region are generally not bad, except in remote areas, All districts have access to at least one mobile phone operator. Not literate English Ghanaian language Engilsh & Ghanaian OthersThe majority of the 54.1 per cent of Ghanas adult population, who are literate in at least one known and written language, have that ability in both English and a Ghanaian language. 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. There are programmes to improve agriculture and food production (extension services, introduction of new varieties of crops). The much-discussed educational difference between males and females in the region is due, as much to differences in initial enrolment, as to differences in school achievement. Instruction in Ghanaian schools is in both English and Ghanaian languages. With only 15.7 per cent of the population living in urban areas, the region is the least urbanized in the country. Virtually, no industries, There is high incidence of youth migration to the South in the dry season. The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana [5] and is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. Information collected on health facilities was only on the physical availability, distance to the nearest facility and personnel in the facility such as doctors, nurses and traditional healers. The sex composition of the districts favours females. Within the districts at least 10 per cent attained JSS/SSS level except Bongo (9.7%) and Bawku West (8.6%). Burnt by household implies that the household burns the rubbish and Buried by household is the situation where the rubbish is buried inside or outside the dwelling unit. At age 70 and older, there is a preponderance of males than females. The excess of females in the 20-44 age group is lower than the regional value in three districts, Builsa (23.3%), Kassena- Nankana (22.1%) and Bolgatanga (15.2%). Agricultural improvement and food security issues have also been addressed. 1975. Only 2.2 per cent of the population aged 15 years or older is reported to be divorced in the region, ranging from 1.6 per cent in Bolgatanga and Bawku East to 4.8 per cent in Bongo. On the other hand, Kassena-Nankana, Bongo and Bolgatanga which are all quite close or share a common border with Burkina Faso, and Bawku East which shares borders with Togo and Burkina Faso have significant proportions of migrants from ECOWAS countries. For the districts, Bongo has the highest proportion of households with bathing facility within the house/compound (88.8%) and Kassena-Nankana has the lowest (69%). only 3.8 per cent of those aged 12-14 were reported as ever married. Except Bawku East (26.5%) and Builsa (43.2%), the nearest SSS is within 10 kilometres for over 53 per cent of the localities in the districts. Agriculture is the number one industry with proportions ranging from 51.6 per cent in the Bolgatanga, to 85.3 per cent in the Bawku West, District. The proportion for males ranges from 58.4 per cent in Bawku West to 69.7 per cent in Builsa while that for females ranges from 62.6 per cent in Bawku West to 75.3 per cent in Builsa. The lowest (27.3%) is in Kassena-Nankana. Expenditure/Income ratio was 1.13 as against a target of 0.72%. About 14.0 per cent use pipe-borne water or a tanker service and 36.6 per cent use water from boreholes. 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. There is evidence of over concentration of essential services in Bolgatanga, Navrongo and Bawku, which are all district capitals. The three major industrial activities are Agriculture, including Hunting and Forestry, Wholesale and Retail trade, and Manufacturing. When the youth are added to the population aged below 15 years, their proportions range from 50.4 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 54.3 per cent in Bawku West. 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%). Mamprusi, also known as Mamprugu are Mole-Dagbani speaking ethnic group of people found mostly in the northern and upper east regions of Ghana and northern part of Togo. . Nationwide, 43.7 per cent of households use electricity as the main source of lighting while the kerosene lamp remains the major source of lighting for 54.9 per cent of households. Upper West Region - Wa The Capital of the Upper West Region is Wa. The constraints are poor teaching and learning resulting in poor performance of children throughout the basic educational level, inadequate access to educational service, weak management capacity at all levels of education and unsatisfactory financing arrangements for the educational sector. Only 23.5 per cent of the regions population, 15 years and older are literate. Eastern region is bordered to the east by the Lake Volta, to the north by Bono East Region and Ashanti region, to the west by Ashanti region, to the south by Central region and Greater Accra Region. The regional picture however changes, depending on the base district of the ethnic groups. On the other hand, one man dying will result in more than one widowed female in a polygamous marriage. In Ghana, the Mamprusis live mainly in Nalerigu and Gambaga in the northwest of the Northern Region but also inhabit parts of the Upper East Region. The land is relatively flat with a few hills to the East and southeast. In the region, the same two main materials used for the construction of outer walls (i.e. Identification The national inter-censal growth rate is far higher than that of the region. Culture of the region is projected through the medium of arts, music and dance. All the children are employed in either the private informal sector (80%) or in the category other sector. The short distances of localities in Bongo to health facilities may create the impression that there is a widespread distribution of health facilities. 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 five together make up 97.6 per cent of all occupations. 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%). In the country as a whole, only 4.5 per cent of households have an adequate facility (i.e. 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 rank order of the five occupations is same for males and females. Areas that the community shares boundaries with include West Mamprusi community to the South West, East Mamprusi district to the South East, Bolgatanga community to the West, and Bawku West to the East. When educational attainment is restricted to the population aged 6 years and over, the proportion in the region which has never attended school is 71.8 percent. Bongo has the highest proportion (84.9%) of localities located within 15 kilometres of a hospital while Bawku East has the least (33.9%). 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. The process actually started in 1980 when what eventually became Upper West was run on an experimental base as a semi-autonomous region with Wa as the administrative centre, even though the Upper Regional Minister at Bolgatanga exercised overall responsibility. Thus, it is fertility that is the overriding factor in determining an age distribution. Just like the Kwa, the Gur also have further subdivisions. In Builsa, 90.3 per cent of households use wood for cooking. The conventional dependent age groups (0-14 years and 65 years and older) range from 46.4 per cent in the Bolgatanga, to 53.6 per cent in the Bawku West, District. In the region as a whole, children of head of household constitute 42 per cent of household members. The reasons for the preference of these districts are not far fetched. The Volta Region - Ho. The climate is characterized by one rainy season from May/June to September/October. These three have densities higher than the regional figure of 104 people per sq km. Garu-Tempane is located in the South-Eastern corner of the region, and its administrative capital is Garu. In relation to industry, 87.6 per cent of the children are involved in agriculture including hunting, forestry and fishing, while 7.1 per cent are in the private household industry, 2.7 per cent are in wholesale and retail trade and 2 per cent in manufacturing. Ghana has a diverse cultural and linguistic population that strives for the same goals. Within the region there are currently twelve (12) political parliamentary constituencies. For about one in four localities within the region (25.6%) the nearest post office is less than ten kilometres away. When the population who have ever attended school is isolated, the levels attained are not significantly different between males and females. Borehole drilling success rate in the granites is about 75 80% whereas that of the Birimian metamorphics is about 65%. Upper East Region in Ghana Subdivision The population development in Upper East as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images). The Chief of Kafaba in the East Gonja municipality in the Savannah Region, Kafabawura Seidu Yahaya, has been arrested by the Regional Police Command in connection with the lynching of a 90-year-old woman who was accused of being a witch. Current school enrolment in Primary 1, however, is generally comparable with the national situation for males and also for females; rather, substantial differences between the national and regional picture persist at the JSS level. Bawku West (116.1), Bawku East (110.0) and Bongo (107.4) have much greater dependency burdens than the regional average while Builsa (94.3), Kassena-Nankana (87.8) and Bolgatanga (86.6) have lighter loads. 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 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. Agriculture is the major industry in all districts, ranging from 51.6 per cent in Bolgatanga to 85.0 per cent in Bawku West. Education (2.8% for males) and hotels and restaurants (1.8 % for females) deserve mention as the fourth major activities in the region. Three main religious groupings are found in the region, namely the Traditional (46.4%), Christianity (28.3%) and Islam (22.6%). 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. Climate and Vegetation. Men also marry relatively younger women and therefore tend to die early, leaving much younger widows who for traditional or cultural reasons may never remarry or much later, if at all. Their population is estimated between 6 to 7 million about 40 per cent of the population. Toilet facilities show the greatest discrepancy. They have higher natural fertility but are more difficult to till and are prone to seasonal waterlogging and floods. In Bawku West, 81.6 per cent of localities are 25 kilometres or more away, while in Builsa, the proportion is 68.9 percent. The regions population is not evenly distributed among the six districts. The Bamaya is a "rain dance" originally only performed by women. 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. A Kufuor created this community with its administrative capital, Paga, and it was inaugurated on the 29th of February, 2008. Males and females show a similar pattern of employment status except for the employee category where, in every district, there are approximately two males to each female employee. The JSS/SSS ratio is even less than a tenth (297 communities with JSS compared with 27 communities with SSS). The Kusasi make up about one in five of the regions population whereas the Mamprusis make up less than two percent. 6. 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