Markets abound for these crafts in countries such as Britain, Germany and the USA. 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. Household heads in the region and in all the districts are mostly in the late adult ages. There are other health improvement programmes for the physically challenged and other vulnerable groups. 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. Domestic employees account for 2.7 per cent of working children. The age-sex structure is presented in the population pyramids in the Appendix. Literacy in English only, or English and a Ghanaian language, varies from 12.2 per cent in the Bawku West, to 27.7 per cent in the Bolgatanga, District. The highest proportion of households that use a separate kitchen is in Builsa (64.8%), and lowest in Bongo (9.1%). On the other hand, in each district, there are twice as many males as females in the public and semipublic/ parastatal sectors. Only the Kusasi and the Busanga constitute more than ten per cent of the population. The region is also known for its handicrafts such as northern kente weaving which is used in making smocks, basket weaving and a locally brewed beer known as Pito. 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. The Upper East Region districts remain part of the regions in Ghana that is agriculturally endowed. All the children are employed in either the private informal sector (80%) or in the category other sector. The private informal sector predominates both the national and regional economy. Among these are the availability of health care services, whether private or public, and the accessibility and quality of such services. Bolgatanga has the lowest age dependency ratio of 86.6. Capital Tamale, the capital, is the country's fourth largest city. The fact that females are increasingly assuming roles as heads of households does not mean that their role in decision making may also have increased, because the patriarchal system still marginalizes females in diverse ways. This is the newly built cotton ginnery at Pusu-Namongo (near Bolgatanga). They include the Akan, Ewe, Mole-Dagbane, Guan, and Ga-Adangbe. Dependency on all remaining sources of water is above 10 per cent in all the districts, with 13.4 per cent in Builsa as the lowest proportion and 20.0 per cent in Bawku East as the highest. Other programmes such as educational programmes (provision of schools, teachers bungalows), functional literacy programmes and migration and spatial distribution programmes (creation of growth centres to encourage or discourage people moving to specific towns or villages within the districts) need to be assessed to identify areas of resource constraints and difficulties to full implementation. The data indicate that within the limited resources, Bolgatanga is the most endowed in terms of medical staff in 2000, having 41.7 per cent of doctors and 38.4 per cent of all medical staff, including 32.4 of nurses. The region is administered politically from Bolgatanga. About a tenth of economically active persons are either unpaid family workers (6.6%) or apprentices (3.7). Home; News. Ethnic Relations. Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news. The already documented policies, programmes, projects and activities are extensive and comprehensive enough to meet the needs and priorities of individual districts, sub-districts and communities. Garu increased from 3,104 in 1984 to 5,057 in 2000, while Pusiga grew from 1,125 to 6,823 over the same period. It is a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent. In the new system, instructions start in English. It is the 2nd smallest region in Ghana. There are 144,382 households in Upper East occupying 88,401 houses. Two per cent are employees, and one per cent is an apprentice. In Bolgatanga, there are 8 government, 3 religious organisation and 3 private clinics while 4 of the 10 clinics in Bawku West are government-owned and 3 are for religious organisations. 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. Even in Bolgatanga, with the highest proportion (19.5%) of households using electricity, 78.1 per cent use kerosene for lighting. For the region as a whole, the proportion of females professing the Christian faith (54.3%) is larger than for males. These are polished and used in the cladding of commercial buildings and monuments. Three districts (Bawku East, Bolgatanga and Kassena-Nankana together) contain about 75 per cent of the regions population. The region shares boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, Upper West Region to the west, and the Northern Region to the south. Less than five per cent of households in the region live in rent-free accommodation, compared to 19.5 per cent in the country as a whole. 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. The use of liquefied petroleum gas is being encouraged. [7] Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. Much of literature and mass communication is in English. Within districts (except Bongo), more than 90 per cent of migrants are born in Ghana. More than four fifths (86.9%) of the children in Builsa are agriculture and related workers. Ethnic groups in Ghana make up the majority of the country's inhabitants. Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) supplies pipe-born water to Bolgatanga, Chuchuliga, Zebilla, Bawku, Sandema, Navrongo, Bongo and Paga. 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. Data were collected using individual semistructured interviews and analysed through qualitative content analysis. For about one in four localities within the region (25.6%) the nearest post office is less than ten kilometres away. This proportion is twice as large as the regional proportion of 10.5 percent. The two adjacent regions show similar deviations from the national picture. Administrative and Managerial capacity is extremely limited in the districts, accounting for not more than 0.2 per cent in any district. The use of charcoal, in the long run, is expensive and also results in reductions in the forest cover of the charcoal producing areas. The three major industrial activities are Agriculture, including Hunting and Forestry, Wholesale and Retail trade, and Manufacturing. 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. Example "ete sen" which means "how are you." They eat fufu and ampesi as their main food. Crops like millet, onion, and tomato are widely grown there. It is worth noting also that in the region, between 46 and 58 per cent of households with ten or more persons have six or more sleeping rooms. The proportions in Builsa (63.5%) and Bawku West (63.8%) are about the same. The picture with regard to telephone facilities is not any different from what pertains to post office facilities. Solid and liquid waster disposal The size of the private informal sector, made up largely of self-employed persons without employees most of whom are normally not even registered, affects the tax revenue base of the region since direct tax deduction becomes a problem. The situation with toilet facilities is different. These have important implications which must be taken into account for socio-economic planning. The urban status of a community is based on population size only. Sales workers are otherwise the third major occupation in the other districts. Twice as many 1-3 person households in the districts (16.4%) have five or more sleeping rooms compared to 7.5 per cent in the region as a whole. UDS (University for Applied Science & Technology), Navrongo. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS The district is also famous for onion production and for its market outlets. The German minority population in Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union stemmed from several sources and arrived in several waves. The regions population density of 104.1 persons per square kilometre is higher than the national density of 79.3 persons per square kilometre and ranks fifth in the country. The region has 11 districts with a total population of 702,110. Although rich agriculturally, the Upper East Region districts are considered some of the country's smallest municipalities. This is because not all rooms available to the household are used for sleeping purposes. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. Furthermore, their coexistence has resulted in the development of new cultures and traditions. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. In the region as a whole, only 1.9 per cent of localities have a senior secondary school within the community. The regions child survival rate of 78.6 per cent is 10.3 per cent lower than the national average of 86.7 percent. In the region and in each district, females constitute the higher proportion of the not economically active population because of the greater proportion of females who are homemakers. The Agbadza dance consists of five motions: the Banyinyi, Vutsotsor, Adzo, and Hatsatsa. Interventions should also be in phases or stages. While the start-up for primary school is age 6, a few pupils start at age 5. Only 12.4 per cent of households in the region have electricity. Pusiga was carved from Bawku community through an Executive Instrument (E.I) by President H.E. The other sources of lighting are insignificant. This implies that there is a lot more to do to push the reading and writing of Ghanaian languages in the school system. Females constitute another group of the population that appears to be excluded and needs to be integrated into the development process. Even though Ewe is a single linguistic group, it is divided into Tafi, Nkonya, Lolobi, Likpe, and Sontrokofi. Solid waste. The rural population in 1984 was 87.1 percent. The Upper West Region is at the North-Western corner of the country. Single person households form about 6 per cent in Builsa, Kassena-Nankana and Bolgatanga, and less than 5 per cent in the Bawku East (3%), Bawku West (4.2%) and Bongo (4.8%). 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). Availability of health services may be defined broadly to include a range of conditions: from the availability of the physical health service structure, to the availability of appropriate personnel to run the facilities where available. The Niger-Congo languages include the Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia. About two-thirds (68%) of the children work in the private informal sector. in terms of total quantity) even though individual women may give birth to fewer children than their mothers. 2). Their concentration is above the regional percentage share in only two districts, (Builsa, 3.9% and Bolgatanga, 1.7%). In Kassena-Nankana (17.6 percentage points) and Bolgatanga (20.6 percentage point), the drop is below the regional figure of 27.9 percentage points. What are people from Ghana called? Thus, this should be an incentive to potential investors. The environmental health problems arising out of inadequate disposal of human waste, most often mixed with animal droppings, need urgent attention and redress. In addition to the 7 major groups, there are several minor ethnic groups in the region. The Tarkwaian Rock Formation underlies about 2% of the region and it is found mostly in the Bolgatanga Municipal and the Bongo District. In all, minority ethnic groups which are not from the southern sector of the country comprise about 10 per cent of the population of the region (10.3%). Economic characteristics Less than a tenth of the population of the region (8.5%) are widowed, consisting of 3 per cent males and 13 per cent females. 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 fractured zone aquifer is the deepest of the three aquifers. The practice of preserving groves as forest cover, should be demystified and revived. Look up in Linguee; Suggest as a translation of "Upper East Region of Ghana" Copy; DeepL Translator Dictionary. Total fertility rates range from 3.4 births per woman in the Builsa, to 7.5 births in the Bongo, District. 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. The Kassena (6.5%) of the Grusi, Busanga (5.9%) of the Mande-Busanga and Bimoba (2.8%) of the Gurma are the other significant ethnic subgroups. Migrants from Ashanti are also attracted to the same three districts. The substantial lack of formal sector office-based bureaucratic activities in the region and in the districts is reflected in the fact that the proportion administrative/ managerial and clerical related workers in the region make up only 1.7 per cent of the active population. Insufficient number of mechanized boreholes to meet water demand. Leatherworks are carried out at areas around Bolgatanga and the surrounding villages. The proportion remains the lowest in Bawku West for both males (2.5%) and females (7%) and highest in Bawku East (8.4% males and 14.4% females) and Bolgatanga (7.4% males and 14.5% females). These rocks include quartzites-sandstones, sandstones and pebbly grits. The bedrock-weathered zone interface (quartz-veined aquifers) aquifer, which is the third major, is found in bedrocks. One distinct feature of these cottage industries is that they are basically labour intensive and rely mostly on traditional talent and skill. Nationality. The magnitude of the drop however, differs significantly between districts. 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. 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. The proportion of males who have attended school in the region who reached primary school level is 18.0 percent, compared to 14.3 per cent for females. The proportion of the private formal sector in the region, however, is only one half of the national. Less than ten per cent of households in each of the other districts use electricity. About a tenth (7.3%) are service workers and 2.7 per cent are sales workers, with 2.3 per cent in production and transport equipment work. Currently, there are over 9 million Ashanti people who speak Twi as a first or second language. Three out of every four (77.2%) households in Bongo use enclosure without roof as a kitchen. 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. There is a significant drop in the 50-59 age group and continues to decrease with age. The proportion that have ever attended school is higher in three districts (Bolgatanga, Kassena-Nankana and Bongo), than the regional average, and substantially lower in the Bawku East and the Bawku West Districts. In all the other districts, the pattern is similar to what is observed in the region as a whole. There are slightly more females, than males, in the private sector. The climate of the region is relatively dry, with a single rainy season. Information on specified community services, such as hospitals and other health facilities, telephone connections, postal services and schools, was collected during the 2000 Census. 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. But in a region where, traditionally, males are almost always the heads of household, this could be a welcome change. The major languages of the region are Gurene (Frafra), Kasina, Nankani, Buile, Kusal, Mampruli and Bisa. A brief summary of findings is presented before discussing possible interventions. In Builsa 2 of the 8 clinics/health centres belong to religious organisations and the rest are government-owned. 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. Similarly, in Bawku East, among households with nine or more rooms, 56.8 per cent have ten or more members. The overall distribution of migrants shows a higher proportion of females than males in the region and in each district. The reasons for this substantial imbalance may be that one woman dying results in only one male widowed in a monogamous marriage or no widow at all if the man is polygamous. Between ages 20 and 64 years, there is a higher proportion of females (45.1%) than males (36.8%), while those 65 years and older are 6.8 per cent males compared to 5.9 per cent females. Less than two per cent of the population aged 15 years or older are reported as separated (1.6 %). 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