In the districts, the highest proportion of currently married is 67.5 per cent in Bawku West and the lowest is 57 per cent Bongo. For liquid waste disposal, the picture is not any better. A noticeable characteristic amongst Fante people is the distinctive British influence, as a result of colonization, such as Anglophone versions of local names. Almost one in five are not working because of old age. The major ethnic groups in Ghana include the Akan, Ewe, Mole-Dagbane, Guan, and Ga-Adangbe. The indicators show that, for most of the demographic characteristics, the values for the region are not close to those of the country. About fifty per cent (52.5%) of households pour their liquid waste on the street or outside; another 35.7 per cent pour the waste in the compound. A high proportion of the population in the districts aged 15 years or older had married. In 1984, 82.3 per cent of the population aged 6 years or older had never attended school and this proportion dropped to 69.4 per cent in 2000. The proportion is highest in Bongo (89.8%) and lowest in Bawku West (66.7%). This sector, therefore, needs to be modernized and injected with capital and technical expertise to enable it diversify its scope of activities to absorb the large numbers of potential job seekers. The Mole-Dagbani ethnic group comprises the Moshi (Mossi), Mamprusi, Nanumba and Dagomba.There are some 450,000 Mamprusi living in Ghana, and approximately 11,000 in Togo. The population below 15 years falls within the range of 40.6 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 46.4 per cent in Bawku West. Naturalized Ghanaian citizen constitute 5.3 percent. Ghana ethnic groups have a variety of dances performed by different tribes. Leatherworks are carried out at areas around Bolgatanga and the surrounding villages. The Upper West Region districts, tribes, languages, cultural activities. The Region is divided into 15 political administrative areas; four (4) Municipalities and eleven (11) Districts. The district picture does not differ from the region as a whole. Ninety two per cent of the males and the same proportion of the females aged 12-14 are never married. The JSS/SSS ratio is even less than a tenth (297 communities with JSS compared with 27 communities with SSS). Sex composition and sex ratio A little over a half (52.6%) of households using five or more sleeping rooms have seven or more members. Upper East is located in the north-eastern corner of the country between longitude 00 and 10 West and latitudes 100 30N and 110N. Pupils of 20.5 per cent of localities, however, have to travel 5 kilometres or more to attend the nearest primary school. In the region as a whole, there are 654 communities with a primary school in the locality compared with 297 communities with a JSS, less than half the number. For the majority of households (82.6%), the facility is either a public dumpsite or elsewhere at their convenience (Ghana Statistical Service, March 2002), where waste treatment may not be efficient or even exist. The Western Region - Sekondi. Bawku East is the second most attractive destination, accounting for about a quarter (23.9%) of the regions migrant population followed by Kassena-Nankana with 16.0 per cent of the migrants. For example, the Bimoba comprise 2.8 per cent of the population in the region but have no concentration in any one district. The quality of dwellings in the region and access to amenities are low. Although the climatic condition can be relatively dry, the region's endowments make it a place worth staying, especially for farmers or those who look forward to picking a career in the agricultural sector. 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 Busanga also make up about 6 per cent of the regions population and are mostly in Bawku East (15.4%) and Bawku West (7.8%). Agona West Municipal. Thatch made from grass (43.1%), corrugated metal (18.2%) and mud/mud bricks (31.3%) are the three main roofing materials in the region. In fact, together with Upper West, they are the two regions with a less than 20 per cent urban population. At every level of educational attainment, there is a higher proportion of males than females. Women of childbearing ages 15-49 comprise 24.9 per cent the total population of the region in 2000, compared with 23 per cent in 1984. The proportion of males aged 0-19 years (56.3%) is higher than that for females (49.0%). There are six major ethnic groups in Ghana's population. Naturalized Ghanaians constitute a further 5.3 per cent and the rest are non-Ghanaians. A partial explanation may be that several of the ethnic languages are only spoken and not written. Studies conducted along the coast of Ghana reported 9 to 25% prevalence of W. On the other hand, one man dying will result in more than one widowed female in a polygamous marriage. literate in a Ghanaian language only or literate in English and a Ghanaian language) however is only 8.3 percent. For the elderly population (70 years and over) there are again more males than females. Under normal circumstances, burning or burying by households would have been efficient, but with the current large volume of plastic waste all over the country, burning releases highly toxic fumes into the atmosphere, while burying does not result in the usual biodegradation into compost, and plastic and other materials can remain in the soil for a long time and even contaminate underground and surface water bodies. Even though spring and well water can sometimes be cleaner and clearer than piped water, which can be contaminated at various stages of distribution after treatment, for the purpose of this discussion, potable or safe water will be defined in relation to only treated pipe-borne water and boreholes. The Mole-Dagbani ethnic . As already indicated, the observed age-sex structure of the region follows, very closely, the pattern at the national level where there are more females than males in almost every age group upwards from age 20 years. They are available only in the Bolgatanga, Navrongo and Bawku townships. 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 center of population of the Upper East Region is located in its capital of Bolgatanga. The main ethnic groups in the region are the Mole-Dagbon, Grusi, Mande-Busanga and Gurma. The proportion of the urban population in the Bolgatanga District is twice the regional average while that in the Bawku East District is almost three times higher. The proportion ranges from 17 per cent in Bongo to 38.5 per cent in Bawku East. Only 3.5 per cent who have ever attended school reached secondary/SSS level. The regional picture is replicated in the districts. same for me everyday i am blamed for something i didnt do or the good things i try to do, My mother is always blaming me for things i didnt do no one ever wants to listen to my side, Am a vocational student from Tamale Technical University am well trained in baking but I don't have the equipments to, need help . The first three together make up 90.7 per cent of occupations at the regional level. The main cause of the low girl-child education, especially after the primary school level, is not merely poverty but the extreme poverty of parents (Regional Planning Coordinating Unit, 2003). 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. Since senior secondary schools are usually boarding institutions, however, the number of and distances to the nearest SSS institutions are not very critical for accessibility. The administrative capital is Tongo, and it is blessed with gold, tomato, rice, shea butter, millet, African Locust Bean (Dawadawa/Sumbala), and honey, among other precious things. The regions on the south are the Brong Ahafo and Volta regions. Other groups include Chekosis, Bimobas and Vaglas. The three northern regions have similar traditional, social and religious practices including ancestor worship and the almost total acceptance of the authority of the clan head. Most working children in the district are mainly self-employed without employees (61.4%), unpaid family workers (35.1%) and domestic employees (1.6%). The magnitude of the drop however, differs significantly between districts. In the districts, spouses who are separated range from one per cent in Bawku East to 3.4 per cent in Bongo. The Birimian rock formation is the second largest and covers about 25% of the region. Another likely explanation of the substantial imbalance is that men are more likely than women to remarry after the death of a spouse. Fantes have a dual lineage system. The political administration of the region is through the local government system. The use of liquefied petroleum gas is being encouraged. In the region, 50.0 per cent of households have access to potable water. Bolga market - a market for farmers and livestock, held twice weekly. The planning, execution and monitoring of various interventions should adopt the district/community ownership strategies. Populations with high birth rates usually have high age dependency ratios because of the large proportion of children age 0-14 in the population. Of the total of 19,469 children aged 3-5 years in the region who are in school, 77.2 per cent are in pre-school and 22.8 per cent are in primary school. The proportion of eligible males who are never married ranges from 25.5 per cent in Bongo to as highas 36.0 per cent in Bolgatanga. The Ga-Adangbe are organized into clans based on patrilineal descent. The proportion with the vocational/technical/commercial level is 1.3 percent, made up of 1.7 per cent males and 1.0 per cent females. Notably among them is the FEOK and the TENGANA festivals which is celebrated by the people in Builsa and Tongo respectively. For the purpose of analysis, the households are classified into five categories: single (1 person), small (2 persons), medium (3-5 persons) large (6-8 persons) and very large (9 persons or more). It lies between longitude 0 and 1 West, and latitudes 10 30N and 11N. This means that the level of effective literacy (literate in English only or literate in English and a Ghanaian language) is only 21.4 per cent in the region. About 8.1 per cent males and 5.5 per cent females attainted middle/JSS level. Additionally, since most teachers are reluctant to live in relatively deprived areas of the region, most rural schools are also handicapped in terms of the quality of the education they provide. 3). The highest educational level completed, by 74.5 per cent of those who have ever attended school, is the primary and middle/JSS. People are likely then to seek assistance from the nearest facility including a traditional healer, or a licensed chemical seller, even if the particular emergency is outside the competence of that particular facility. Kassena-Nankana has the highest proportion (29.6%) of localities with a JSS, followed by Bolgatanga (27%), while Bawku West (5.9%) has the least proportion of localities with a JSS. On the basis of this definition, the population is primarily rural (79.0%). Except in a few towns, majority of the inhabitants live in rural areas with subsistence farms around their houses. Public toilets are not even widely used in the region. About 62 per cent of the population in the region are currently married, consisting of 58.5 per cent male and 64.5 per cent females. Almost one half (46.4%) of the population are Traditionalists, followed by Christians (28.3%) and Moslems (22.6%). These are also the three major industrial activities at the regional level except that the order is changed: agriculture, including hunting, forestry and related work (67.2%), manufacturing (11.3%) and wholesale and retail trade (9.6%), and they contribute a much higher proportion (88.1%) of industrial activities. Bonsi-Bongo The population of the region is 920,089, which is less than one twentieth (4.9%) of the national population. Even though the regions population growth rate of 1.1 per cent is much lower than the national rate of 2.7 percent, it should nevertheless be of much concern because of the low level of employment and low level of exploitation of available resources within the region to sustain the population. 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. It has about 1215 05 square kilometres of land area, and its administrative capital is Bawku. Ethnic Groups in Ghana NO CoVax Ghana-Net.com Ghana-Net.com REAL NEWS Covid-19 & Your RIGHTS Home Page Forts and Castles Fort Batenstein, Butre Castle St Georg, Elmina > Cape Coast Castle Fort Augustaborg, Teshie > Fort Ussher Accra Kumasi Fort 1 Chronology of Slave Trade Ghana Radio Stations In the region as a whole, 42 per cent of households with one sleeping room can be classified as over crowded because they have four or more members, 20.3 per cent of households occupying two rooms are over-crowded and 9.3 per cent of households occupying three sleeping rooms are over-crowded. Furthermore, their coexistence has resulted in the development of new cultures and traditions. There are 92.6 males to 100 females, which is a slight increase over the 91.0 males per 100 females in 1984. 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. Climate and Vegetation. Together, the three account for between 88.3 per cent and 96.0 per cent of the working population in the districts. In all districts, except Bawku East, the largest proportions of households (31-47%) are of medium size. It is significant to note that all the doctors are located in the various district hospitals, and are therefore not immediately or readily available to most of the localities. The two ethnic groups account for 63 per cent of the population. Ghanaians by birth or parenthood constitute 92.5 per cent of the population of the region. Such efforts should include sensitizing the male population to perceive females as partners in decision-making processes in their respective communities. For example in Bongo, 58.3 per cent of localities have the nearest facility less than 10 km away, compared to only 16.3 per cent in Bawku East. Three districts (Builsa (17.3%), Bawku West (12.0%) and Bawku East (16.5%)) all have literacy below 20 percent. Less than 5 per cent attained vocational/technical (4.2%) and post-secondary (4.7%). This proportion is higher for females (76.4%) than for males (66.8%). Gas and electricity are not very affordable and accessible to most households. Borehole characteristics show that the depths to this zone vary from 12m to 30m although deeper depths have been recorded in some locations. The use of shared cooking space is not very common in the region. The Northern region is in the northern part of the country and the people are predominantly of the Mole-Dagbani ethnic group and patrilineal. Almost three in four of the economically active are self-employed without employee (74.5%). There are more rooms available to each household in the region than in the country as a whole. In the region, however, 84.6 per cent use the kerosene lamp. Bolgatanga Technical University Water closet (W.C) in house is not common, given the low level of piped water supply in the districts. In terms of bathing space, 82.8 per cent of households in the region use space provided for the purpose within the house, while 15.5 per cent use the open space around the house/compound and 1.3 per cent use either a public bath house or a bathroom in another house. Among these are the availability of health care services, whether private or public, and the accessibility and quality of such services. Teachers also have to handle large class sizes, especially at the primary school level. Cotton, soya bean, onion, tomato, pepper, maize, sweet potato, and fish are some of the things the community is endowed with. Sales workers are otherwise the third major occupation in the other districts. In this respect, particular attention should be given to the planting of such drought resistant trees as the cashew, neem, baobab, dawadawa and shea. Although there are 16 regions in Ghana, how many of them do you know? The fact that grandchildren and other relatives constitute 22.7 per cent of household members supports the view that the traditional extended family household composition has not changed much. 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. Almost one in five (18.8%) of households in the region cook in the open space within the dwelling unit. The mean number of children ever had born to women, aged 40-49 years, ranges from 5.0 in the Bolgatanga, to 6.1 in the Bawku East, District. Most of the working children in the district are either self-employed without employees (74.4%) or unpaid family workers (21.1%). Formal sector employees constitute 15.3 percent. The Kwa linguistic group, which includes the Akan, Ewe, and Ga-Adangbe, is located in south Volta. The private sector, made up of the private formal (21.2%), private informal (74.0%), NGO/International Organizations, and others (0.2%) provides employment to 95.4% per cent of the working population in the region. The relative importance of manufacturing and trade varies between districts. In this regard, NGOs working in the interest of widows in the three northern regions should be supported. The proportions in Builsa (63.5%) and Bawku West (63.8%) are about the same. These rocks are found at the South Western and South Eastern parts of the region. The region will require massive investment to develop this potential and to create jobs. While the giant was fighting the last man one night, a woman entered and danced deftly to divert everyone's attention away from the fight. In Builsa, 90.3 per cent of households use wood for cooking. Pipelines for water systems have been out grown by the population and therefore more extension is required. The Akans are the largest ethnic group in Ghana and they are found in the Ashanti region. There are generally no distinct boundaries between communities as compounds in contiguous villages over lap. This may tend to exclude females from the decision-making process when it comes to the development of their communities. About 14.0 per cent use pipe-borne water or a tanker service and 36.6 per cent use water from boreholes. For example, literacy in English only is about 30.0 per cent higher in the region than in Builsa and about 56.0 per cent higher than in the Bawku West, District. Although rich agriculturally, the Upper East Region districts are considered some of the country's smallest municipalities. This is made up of 66.6 per cent of males and 82.8 per cent of females. These draw a lot of tourists to the region. Toilet facilities show the greatest discrepancy. About 51 per cent of the regions population have access to potable drinking water. Currently, there are over 9 million Ashanti people who speak Twi as a first or second language. In the light of the fact that the region has the highest proportion of ever-married population in the country, the rather low levels of separation and divorce in the region are an indication of stable relationships. For the country, 61.8 per cent of households occupy only one or two rooms, compared to 24.4 per cent in the region. The two forms of extractive activities in the region are mining and quarrying. Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam. The Upper East is the only region in which adherents of traditional religion are close to one-half of the population. The 1997 Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ) survey reports that while primary and junior secondary school enrolment rates (in Upper East) are consistent with the national averages, accessibility remains a problem (Statistical Services, Accra Ghana, and February 2001). Transitional Developments And New Socio-Political And Security Dynamics In Northern Mali. The highest proportion of households that use a separate kitchen is in Builsa (64.8%), and lowest in Bongo (9.1%). The current programme of Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) is supposed to guarantee free education to all children of school going age. The main produce are millet, guinea-corn, maize, groundnut, beans, sorghum and dry season tomatoes and onions. General News . Upper West Region - Wa The Capital of the Upper West Region is Wa. The dry season starts from November and ends in April and is characterized by cold, dry and dusty harmattan winds. Major Ethnic Groups Of Ghana Akan Ashanti or Asanti are the largest subgroup of the Akan people. The Demography of Ghana describes the condition and overview of Ghana's population. Interventions should also be in phases or stages. At the district level, Bongo has the highest proportion (63.3%) of communities with a primary school within the locality, while Bawku West has the lowest proportion (22.2%). The total number of rooms occupied by the household includes sleeping rooms. 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%). In Builsa 2 of the 8 clinics/health centres belong to religious organisations and the rest are government-owned. This is contrary to the observed national pattern of more females at the older ages. Less than two per cent are reported as being in such a union. 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%). 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. 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. The proportion ranges between 1.9 per cent in Bawku West and 18.0 per cent in Bongo for males and between 6.0 per cent in Bawku West and 32.9 per cent in Bongo for females. The Akans perform the Adowa dance, which gets its name from the movements of the antelope (Adowa). 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. 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