Bawku West District

Bawku West District
District
Districts of Upper East region
Region	Upper East Region
Capital	Zebilla
Government
• District Executive	Moses Abaagre Appiah
Area
• Total	979 km2 (378 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	—
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code	GH-UE-BW

The Bawku West District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Zebilla. It corresponds more or less to the traditional kingdom of Kussaug.

History

The Bawku West District was carved out of the old Bawku East District under the new local government system in 1988. As the Kussasi kingdom of Kussaug, it is much older.

Geography

The district is bordered by Talensi-Nabdam District to the West and Bawku Municipal District to the East. The district covers a land area of approximately 979 km², which constitute about 12% of the total area of Upper East region.

Demographics

According to the 2000 population and housing census, the district had 80,606 people of whom only 12% were literate at that time. Kusaal is the dominant language in Zebilla. The majority of the inhabitants of the district are Kussasi, but there are also numerous Basari and Mossi from the adjacent kingdoms.

Economics

Goods and commodity trading occurs every three days in an open market in Zebilla. The same occurs in smaller townships like Sapeliga on the Burkinabe border.

Sources

• "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
• Zebilla