Question: How many districts are there in the region of Ghana where the Lawra-Nandom constituency resides?

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Lawra-Nandom (Ghana parliament constituency): Lawra-Nandom is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana.  It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.  Lawra-Nandom is located in the Lawra district of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Ambrose Dery: Ambrose Dery (born 1956), a Ghanaian politician, is the Interior Minister and Member of Parliament for Nandom Constituency.  Dery is a legal practitioner who entered the University of Ghana in 1977 after completing Navrongo Secondary School and graduated with a Bachelor of Law (LL.  B) and then called to the Bar in 1982.  Before entering parliament in 2008, Dery was appointed Deputy Attorney General in 2003.  He also served in two ministerial positions as the Regional Minister for the Upper West Region from 2004 to 2006 and Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice from 2005 to 2007.  Dery served as the Deputy Minority Leader for the fifth parliament of Ghana.  Dery won the Nandom parliamentary seat, then Lawra-Nandom Constituency in 2008 but lost the seat to Benjamin Kumbuor in the 2012 elections.

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Konkomba people: The Konkomba people are a Gur ethnic group residing mainly in the Northern, Brong Ahafo, Volta, Eastern and Greater Accra Regions of Ghana.  Saboba, Chereponi and Nanumba Districts, Gushiegu and Karaga districts, Zabzugu and Tatale-Sanguli districts in the Northern Region and the Nkwanta North and South Districts in the Volta Region are a few examples of administrative districts where Bikpakpaam are seen in huge populations.  Other key towns of Bikpakpaam in Ghana are Atebubu, Kintampo, Techiman and Yeji in the Brong Ahafo Region.  According to the Act 280 of the Anatomy act of Ghana, the Konkomba people (known as Bikpakpaam) are the second largest ethnic group in the Northern Region of Ghana.  The 2010 census data indicates that Bikpakpaam in Ghana number 823,000 and applying the intercensal growth rate would give a population of more than one million now.  CIA The World Factbook reports in Demographics of Ghana that Konkomba people are the 8th largest Ethnic group in Ghana representing 3.5% of the Total population of Ghana.  Saboba (Chabob) in the Northern Region of Ghana is the capital town of all Bikpakpaam in Ghana.  Bikpakpaam are also found in the republic of Togo, a sister West African country to Ghana.  In Togo Bikpakpaam reside mainly in the Kara, Central and Plateaux Regions.  Guerin Kouka (a.k.a. Nanguem Do, the capital of Dankpen district) in the Kara Region is the capital town of Bikpakpaam in Togo.  Dankpen district is located in the north western corridor of Togo.  In Schwartz's (2005) account, Bikpakpaam number about 50,100 in Togo.  The 2011 census in Togo indicates however that the total population of Bikpakpaam in Dankpen district alone was 122,209.  Visit Konkomba language for more information.  Konkomba people speak Konkomba language a.k.a Likpakpaln.  The traditional dance of Konkomba people is Kinachunŋ (pronounced k-i-naa-chung).  All Konkomba settlements are led by a traditional chief called Ubor.  In Bikpakpaam dominant areas, the people have instituted or established their own chieftains who serve as overlords of the settlements.  For instance, the Saboba area has the Uchabob-bor as the overlord.  Bikpakpaam strongly believe in solidarity, determination and hard-work.  Until the turn of the 21st century, their primary occupation was farming and animal husbandry.  In occupational terms, Bikpakpaam are mainly subsistence farmers and rearers of animals such as poultry, small ruminants and cattle.  This, probably, explains their scattered settlement across the West African sub-region.  Indeed, Maasole intimates that Bikpakpaam have always been on the move, in search for fertile farmlands.  Most Konkombas are actively in education today and a recent research projects that Konkombas will become a dominant force in politics, health, education and the civil society by 2025.

Lawra District: The Lawra District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper West Region of north Ghana.  Its capital is Lawra.

Supporting paragraphs: Lawra-Nandom (Ghana parliament constituency) Lawra District
Answer: nine (9) districts