| 词条 | Bongo District |
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|name = Bongo District |settlement_type = District |native_name = |image_size = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = Upper East Ghana districts.png |map_caption = Districts of Upper East region |pushpin_map = Ghana |pushpin_map_caption= Bongo District in Upper East region |subdivision_type = |subdivision_name = |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Upper East Region |subdivision_type2 = Capital |subdivision_name2 = Bongo |leader_title = District Executive |leader_name = Ayinbisa Peter Ayamga |website_address = www.bongodistrict.gov.gh |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 488 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2013 |population_note = |population_total = — |population_metro = |population_density_km2 = 1.83 |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |coordinates = {{coord|10|54|28|N|0|48|29|W|region:GH|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = | iso_code = GH-UE-BG }} Bongo District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Bongo. Geography and climateGeographyBongo District is near the town of Bolgatanga, the Upper East Region's capital. It shares borders with Kassena-Nankana District in the west and the Bolgatanga Municipal District in the south. The total area is 459 square kilometers. ClimateThe area is generally flat with occasional outcrops of rocks at an altitude of 200 m. The landscape has little vegetation. The landscape borders on the Sudan Savannah Zone although technically in the Guinea Savannah Zone. The area is in danger of desertification. There is an average of 70 rain days a year, with an annual rainfall of 600-1,400 mm. TourismThe Bongo Rocks is a top tourism site, which provides a beautiful view of all the Bongo district landscape, and allow an easy ascent. They have an intricate numbering system that leads to the top. The resonating rocks are hard to find. EconomyThe predominant occupation in Bongo District is subsistence farming along with some handicraft production. HealthcareThe Bongo District contains one health center with 6 sub-clinics located throughout the district. There is only one eye care center in the entire district. It was founded by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and it caters to people from all 3 regions in the northern part of Ghana. EducationThere are two senior secondary schools, thirteen junior secondary schools and forty primary schools. DemographicsNearly 90 percent of the district's inhabitants speak Gurene. Sources
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