Tumu

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Tumu is a small town in Ghana’s Upper West Region known as a local administrative and trading center near the country’s northern border.

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Tumu canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeStatus municipal capital
borderProximity close to Burkina Faso
borderTrade Burkina Faso
climate tropical savanna climate
climateCharacteristic distinct wet and dry seasons
continent Africa
country Ghana
countrySubdivision Upper West Region
function local administrative centre
trading centre
governingBody Sissala East Municipal Assembly
hasAgriculturalActivity subsistence farming
hasAgriculturalProduct groundnuts
maize
millet
sorghum
hasCommunicationService mobile networks
hasEducationalInstitution Tumu Senior High Technical School
hasEthnicGroup Sissala people
linked to: Sisaala people
hasHealthFacility district hospital
hasLanguage Sissali
linked to: Sissala
hasMarket Tumu central market
hasPublicService district assembly
police station
post office
hasReligiousInstitution churches
mosques
hasRoadConnectionTo Wa
hasUtility electricity grid
piped water (limited)
locatedIn Sahelian zone of Ghana
Sissala East Municipal District
Upper West Region
northern Ghana
nationalSubdivisionType region
near Ghana–Burkina Faso border
officialLanguage English
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
regionCapitalOf Sissala East Municipal District
roadType mostly unpaved and secondary roads
role district capital
secondaryEconomicActivity petty trading
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
transportMode road transport
usesDaylightSavingTime no

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