Upper East Region

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Upper_East_Region
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:region
gptkbp:area 8,842 km²
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Burkina_Faso
gptkb:North_East_Region
gptkb:Upper_West_Region
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Bolgatanga
gptkbp:climate tropical savanna
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ghana
gptkbp:district 15
gptkbp:established 1983
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Gurunsi
gptkb:Bissa
gptkb:Builsa
Mole-Dagbani
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Stephen_Yakubu
Regional Minister
gptkbp:HDI 2017
0.573
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code GH-UE
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:northern_Ghana
gptkbp:mainCrops gptkb:maize
gptkb:rice
gptkb:marina
gptkb:tomatoes
beans
onions
groundnuts
sorghum
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock rearing
crafts
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Buli
gptkb:Bissa
gptkb:Kusaal
gptkb:Gurene
gptkb:Nankani
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Bolgatanga_Market
gptkb:Navrongo_Cathedral
gptkb:Paga_Crocodile_Pond
gptkb:Sirigu_Pottery_and_Art_Village
gptkb:Tongo_Hills
gptkbp:nowPartOf gptkb:Upper_Region
gptkbp:population 1,301,221
gptkbp:populationAsOf 2021
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:GMT
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Northern_Region
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Upper East Region