Upper East Region

De Upper East Region dey locate insyd de northern part of Ghana wey e be de third smallest of de 16 administrative regions insyd Ghana. E dey occupy a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers anaa 2.7% of de total land area of Ghana. De regional capital be Bolgatanga, wich sometimes dem refer to as Bolga. Oda major towns insyd de region dey include Navrongo, Paga, Sandema, Bawku, Zebilla, Tempane, Pusiga, Garu, Pwalugu den Widana.

Tourism

Recreation areas
Tongo rocks
Bongo Rocks
Tono Dam

Historic sites

Navrongo's mud-built church
Pikworo Slave camp
Naa Gbewa Shrine insyd Pusiga

Festivals
Samanpiid festival
Gologo Festival
Fao Festival
Kuure Festival, Zaare
Feok festival builsa
Zekula festival, By Bissa people
Boaram Festival
 Tengana festival, by de people of Balungu, Winkongo den Pwalugu
Ndaakoya festival, by de Frafra, Talensi den Nabdam speaking Communities.

Oda tourist attractions
 Upper East Regional Museum
 Sirigu Pottery and Arts Center
 Bolga market - a market for farmers den livestock, dem hold twice weekly.
Bolgatanga Craft Village
Paga Crocodile Pond

Administrative divisions
De current list be as follows:


+ Districts of de Upper East RegionUpper East Region – Districts # MMDA Name Capital MMDA Type Population 1 Bawku Bawku Municipal  2 Bawku West Zebilla Ordinary  3 Binduri Binduri Ordinary  4 Bolgatanga Bolgatanga Municipal  5  Bolgatanga East Zuarungu Ordinary  6 Bongo Bongo Ordinary  7 Builsa North Sandema Municipal  8 Builsa South Fumbisi Ordinary  9 Garu Garu Ordinary  10 Kassena Nankana East Navrongo Municipal  11 Kassena-Nankana West Paga Ordinary  12 Nabdam Nangodi Ordinary  13 Pusiga Pusiga Ordinary  14 Talensi Tongo Ordinary  15 Tempane Tempane Ordinary 
Education

Senior high schools
Bolga Girls Senior High School
Awe Senior High/Tech School	
Bawku Senior High/Tech School				
Bolgatanga Senior High School
Bongo Senior High School	
Chiana Senior High School
Fumbisi Senior High School
Gowrie Senior High Tech School		
Gambigo Day Community SHS		
Garu Day Community SHS		
Kongo Senior High School	
Kusanaba Senior High School
Navrongo Senior High School
Nabango Senior High 
Notre Dame Sem/ Senior High School	
Mirigu Community Day SHS	
O. L. L. Girls Senior High School
Paga Senior High School 
Queen Of Peace Senior High School	
Sandema Senior High/Tech School
Sandema Senior High School	
Sirigu Senior High School
St John's Integrated Senior High/Tech	
Tempane Senior High School	
Zamse Senior High/Tech School	
Zebilla Senior High/Tech School	
Zorkor Senior High School 	
St John's Integrated SHTS	
Zuarungu Senior High School
 Bawku Senior High School
Bawku Technical School

 Tertiary institutions 

 Bolgatanga Technical University 
 St. John Bosco's College of Education 
 Gbewaa College of Education, Pusiga
 C.K. Tedam University of Technology & Applied Sciences.

Notable native citizens
 Notable native citizens of Upper East region # Citizen Settlement 1 Joseph Kofi Adda Navrongo 2 Roland Agambire Sirigu 3Roger A. AganaSoe 4David AtangaNamoo5Theresa Lardi AwuniWinkongo 6 Adam Kwarasey Navrongo 7 Abedi Pele Paga8 Mark Woyongo Navrongo9 Hawa Yakubu  Pusiga 10 Stephen Yakubu Binduri11 Adabere Adabre Donald Bolgatanga12 John Akparibo Ndebugre Bawku13 Cletus Apul Avoka Bawku14 Mahama Ayariga Bawku15 Awini Emmanuel Ayonde Bawku16 Laadi Ayi Ayamga Pusiga17 Rev. Professor John Azumah Bawku18 Simon Atingban Akunye Pusiga18 Dr. Kingley Akurugu Bawku

 References 
Category:Regions of Ghana