Upper East Region

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The Upper East Region is a predominantly rural area in northern Ghana known for its savannah landscape, cultural heritage, and agriculture-based economy.

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Label Occurrences
Upper East Region canonical 6

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
region of Ghana
town
administrativeDivisionOf Ghana
bordersCountry Burkina Faso
Togo
bordersRegion North East Region
Upper West Region
capital Bolgatanga
characteristic predominantly rural
climate tropical savannah climate
country Ghana
Ghana
daylightSavingTimeObserved no
developmentChallenge land degradation
periodic droughts
economicBase agriculture
ethnicGroup Builsa
Frafra
Gurunsi
Kusasi
Nabdam
governingCountry Ghana
surface form: Republic of Ghana
hasLocalGovernmentType regional coordinating council
hasSettlement Bawku
Navrongo
Paga
Zebilla
hasTouristAttraction Navrongo Cathedral
Paga Crocodile Pond
Tongo Hills
knownFor basket weaving
cultural heritage
smock weaving
traditional festivals
largestCity Bolgatanga
locatedIn northern Ghana
majorCrop groundnuts
maize
millet
rice
sorghum
majorLivelihoodActivity livestock rearing
subsistence farming
officialLanguage English
partOf Northern Region of Ghana
surface form: Northern Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana
terrain savannah
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
usesCurrency Ghanaian cedi

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghana hasAdministrativeDivision Upper East Region
Upper West Region borders Upper East Region
Northern Region borderedBy Upper East Region
Buli language region Upper East Region
Ghana Police Service operatesIn Upper East Region
Ghana National Fire Service regionServed Upper East Region