Bawku Municipality is one of the nine districts and municipalities in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is located approximately between latitudes 11o 111 and 100 401 North and longitude 0o 181w and 0o 61 E in the north-eastern corner of the region. The Municipality has a total land area of about 1215 05 sq km. It shares boundaries with the Republic of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Togo, Bawku West District and Garu–Tempane District to the north, east, west and the south respectively.
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Bawku municipality is one of the eight districts and municipalities in the Upper East Region of Ghana and has 14 interesting towns. The vegetation is mainly of the Sohel Savanna type consisting of open Savannah with fire swept grassland separating deciduous trees among which may be seen a few broad-leaved and fire-leached tree species.
There are very attractive physical and cultural landscapes worth developing into tourist centres. These include the Kulungungu bombsite,this is where the first President of Ghan ... more »
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Government has prioritised the construction of irrigation dams as the panacea to rural-urban drift and to create more jobs for the teeming youth of the Upper East Region, says Vice President John Dramani Mahama.
BAWKU: Civil and public servants crave for pay slips Government workers including Civil and Public Servants who receive their salaries through the Controller and Accountant General have for the past four months not received their pay slips
BAWKU MUNICIPAL: New developments to empower education As part of measures to boost the quality of education in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region, the Assembly in conjunction with the Ministry of Education has undertaken the construction of a 6 unit classroom block with ancillary facilities in the municipality.
BAWKU MUNICIPAL: Assembly establishes education committee The Bawku Municipal Assembly through its ingenious ways of improving quality education in the district, has instituted a body code-named Municipal Education Oversight Committee (MEOC),to devise measures in enhancing the sector in the municipality.
