Northern Region has 13 of the 110 district of
the country. Its goegraphical features are mostly low lying, except
in the north eastern corner with the Gambaga escarpment and along
the western corridor. The land is drained by the tributaries of
the Volta Lake: Rivers Nasia, Daka, Oti, the Black and White Volta
covering over a third of the whole land mass of the 70,390km big
enough to swallow up other regions like Volta, Ashanti, Western
and Greater Accra put together; call it the mother of all Regions!
The region if bounded on the north by the Upper East and Upper West
regions, on the west by Cote D’Ivoire and on the east by Togo.
The regions on the south are the Brong Ahafo and Volta regions.
Population & Ethnic Groups
With population of nearly 2 million, the main ethnic groups are
Dagomba, Nanumba, Mamprusi, Gonja and Komkombas. Other groups include
Chekosis, Bimobas and Vaglas.
Tamale, the capital, is the country's
fourth largest city. It is the nerve centre of all commercial activities
in the whole of the Northern Sector of Ghana. Tamale is an incredible
juxta-position of the ancient and modern. The traditional architecture
of round huts with conical thatched roofs are sights to see.
