The Bawku Municipal District is one of the eight districts in the Upper East Region

Upper East Region

The Upper East Region is the smallest of 10 administrative regions in Ghana, occupying a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, it is the ninth most populated region with a population of 920,089 in 2000, accounting for...

 of Ghana

Ghana

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. The district borders Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

 and Togo

Togo

Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

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Kusasi, Mamprussi, Bissa and Mossi are the main ethnic groups living in Bawku District, with the Kusasi forming the majority of the population, followed by Bissa. In addition, migrants come from Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

 and from the south of Ghana. The immigrants from the south working mostly in public services.

The district is characterized by agriculture, with tomato

Tomato

The word "tomato" may refer to the plant or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler...

es, soya beans and onion

Onion

The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...

s being amongst the main crops.

Administrative divisions

It is made of the following constituencies:

• Bawku Central
  Bawku Central (Ghana parliament constituency)
  Bawku Central is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. Bawku Central is located in the Bawku Municipal district of the Upper East Region of Ghana.-Boundaries:The seat is located within...
  
  
• Binduri
  Binduri (Ghana parliament constituency)
  Binduri is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
  
  
• Pusiga
  Pusiga (Ghana parliament constituency)
  Pusiga is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
  
  

The district contains towns and villages. Of note are:

Bawku Pusiga Garu Denugu/Danvorga Kongo	Zorsi Tempane Wuriyanga Narango Mognori (Gumbo)	Widana Yabrago Missiga Bugri-Bulpielse Manga	Basyonde Binduri Natinga Kulugungu Gozesi Bugri.