Navrongo

Navrongo be a town den de capital of Kassena-Nankana Municipal District insyd de Upper East Region of northern Ghana, adjacent to de border plus Burkina Faso.

Navrongo be an important market town, dem known for ein cathedral den ein grotto. E dey house de Navrongo Solar Power Station, Ghana ein first solar plant.

Na Navrongo ein population insyd 2005 dem estimate to be 25,470, den insyd 2012 na dem estimate am to be 27,306.

De terrain be flat den de ecology be typical of de Sahel – arid grassland plus occasional shrubbery.

 History 
Na dem found de town around 1740 by Butu, a Nankane speaking hunter wey komot Zecco (present day southern Burkina Faso), wey initially he settle insyd Pungu (a Kasem speaking community further south of Zecco).Adewoba.  'Aspects of Wealth and Exchange'. During de 19th century, de town cam be an important staging post on de Sahel caravan route. At de beginning of de 20th century de British establish a base at Navrongo.Arhim. 'The Papers of George Ferguson'.

 Climate 
Navrongo get a tropical savanna climate (Aw according to de Köppen climate classification) plus de temperature be hot year-round, although der be a wet season den a dry season. On 26 March 2017, Navrongo record a temperature of , wich na de highest temperature ever be recorded insyd Ghana.

 References 

 External links 

 Navrongo Health Research Centre — a Ghana Health Service research centre based in Navrongo.

Category:Towns insyd Upper East Region
Category:Towns insyd Ghana
Category:Populated places for Upper East Region insyd