Builsa North Municipal District is one of the fifteen districts in

Upper East Region The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana and is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. The Upper East regi ...

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. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger

Builsa District Builsa District is a former district that was located in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 28 June 2012, it was split off into two new districts: Builsa North District (which it was ...

in 1988, until the southern part of the district was split off to create

Builsa South District Builsa South District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Builsa District in 1988, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Builsa South District on ...

on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as

Builsa North District Builsa North Municipal District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Builsa District in 1988, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Builsa Sou ...

, which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 19 December 2018 to become Builsa North Municipal District. The municipality is located in the western part of Upper East Region and has

Sandema Sandema is the capital town of Builsa North District, a district in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Education The town of Sandema has several educational institutions ranging from Day Care facilities to second cycle institutions. There are thre ...

as its capital town.

Builsa tribe

The majority of the inhabitants are of the Builsa tribe, the original early settlers of the area. It also has a significant population of the Kantosi whom dominantly reside in Sandema.

Education

There are numerous basic schools in Builsa North Municipality, including three Senior High Schools (SHS) of which two are public i.e. the Sandema Senior High School and the Sandema Senior High Technical School. The third privately owned is the Wiaga Senior High School, a community SHS in Wiaga. The Youth Leadership Training Institute is a vocational institution also located in Sandema, the district capital.

Economy

The economic structure of the Builsa North District is dominated by an agrarian subsistence economy. Industry is scarce, and

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has not yet developed.

Villages

The capital and largest town in the Builsa North District is

. The Builsa North District encompasses the following villages: * Bachonsa * Chuchuliga * Doninga * Fumbisi * Gbedema * Gbedembilisi * Kadema * Kanjarga * Siniensi * Uwasa * Vaari * Wiaga * Wiesi

Sources

*
GhanaDistricts.com

References