Northern Region (Ghana)

De Northern Region be one of de sixteen regions of Ghana. E dey situate insyd de northern part of de country den dey rank as de second largest of de sixteen regions. Before ein division, e cover an area of 25,000 square kilometres, wey dey represent 10 percent of Ghana's area. Insyd December 2018, na dem create de Savannah Region den North East Region from am. De Northern Region be divided into 16 districts. De region ein capital be Tamale, Ghana ein third largest city."Northern Region". GhanaDistricts.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2009-11-20.  

 Dema Geography den climate 

 Location den size 
De Northern Region, wey dey span approximately 25,000 square kilometers, dey stand as Ghana ein Second largest region by land area. E dey share borders plus de North East Region den Savannah Region to de north, den Oti Regions to de south, den neighboring countries, wey dey include de Republic of Togo to de east den La Cote d'voire to de west.

 Climate den vegetation 
De Northern Region get a Guinean forest-savanna mosaic ecosystem. De Guinea Savanna be de wettest of de three savanna ecological zones. De vegetation dey consist predominantly of woodlands den grasslands. De wet season be between April den October, while de dry season dey occur from January to March. Der be an average annual rainfall of 750 to 1050 mm (30 to 40 inches). De highest temperatures be reached insyd March, for de end of de dry season. From late November to March, de north east trade winds dey blow wey dey cause Harmattan. During dis time, temperatures fi vary between 14 °C (59 °F) for night den 40 °C (104 °F) during de day.

 Dema Economy 
Just like all parts of Ghana, More than half of de economically active population be agriculture. De region dey be one of de most agriculturally important regions wey dey insyd Ghana. Ein get de largest reserve of iron ore.

 Dema Demographics 
De Northern Region dey contain much of de territories wey dey de Kingdom of Dagbon den Dagbani be de  language wey dem speak more, den English. Dagbani dey part of de Oti–Volta subfamily insyd de Niger–Congo language family. Other languages wey dem speak for de region insyd include Likpakpaln den Nawuri.

Tourism

 Naa Gbewaa Palace, Yendi
 Hamamat Shea Butter Village
 Tamale Center for Culture and Arts
 Savanna Centre for Contemporary Art
 Red Clay Studios
 Nkrumah Volini
 Nuku Studios
 Saakpuli Slave wells
 Diarre Napagaduungbanani
 Naa Binbegu Boabab Tree, Yendi
 Buntaga Irrigation Dam
 Sabali (River Oti)
 Nawuni River (White Volta)
 Deutsch Cemetery at Yendi
 Adibo dalila war zones, Adibo

Districts
De Northern Region of Ghana dey contain 16 districts. 11 be ordinary districts for addition to 1 metropolitan den 4 municipal districts.: Under every municipality, metropolis den districts be chaw towns den villages. 

+ Districts in Northern region # District Capital Population 1 Gushegu Gushegu 2 Karaga Karaga 3 Kpandai Kpandai 108,816 4 Kumbungu Kumbungu 5 Mion Sang 6 Nanton Nanton 7
  Nanumba North Bimbilla 8 Nanumba South Wulensi 9 Saboba Saboba 10 Sagnarigu  Sagnerigu 11 Savelugu Savelugu 12 Tamale Metropolitan Tamale 13 Tatale Sangule Tatale 14 Tolon Tolon 15 Yendi Municipal District Yendi 16 Zabzugu Zabzugu
 Health facilities 

Hospitals insyd de Northern Region:

 Tamale Teaching Hospital
 Tamale Central West Hospital 
 Tamale West Hospital
 SDA Hospital
 Yendi Municipal Hospital
 Savelugu Municipal Hospital
 Bimbilla District Hospital
 Kumbungu District Hospital
 Gusheigu District Hospital

 Notable citizens 
+Some notable native citizens of Northern Region, Dagbon#CitizenSettlement1Aliu MahamaYendi2WakasoTamale3Majeed WarisTamale4Haruna IddrisuTamale5Muhammad MumuniKumbungu6Ramatu BabaYendi7Abubakari Sadiq NAMYendi8Sheikh Ibrahim BashaTamale9Sheikh Sa-eed AbubakarTamale10Hajia Samata Gifty BukariYendi11Ibrahim MahamaTamale

 References 

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