Duko is a village in the Savelugu municipal district of
Ghana
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In 2015 it had population of about 900 inhabitants.
Location
Duko is located 7 km south of Savelugu and 15 km north of
Tamale, Ghana
Tamale (Dagbani : ), officially called Tamale Metropolitan Area is the capital city of the Northern Region of Ghana. Tamale is Ghana's third-largest city and an emerging investment hotspot in West Africa. It has a projected population of 950,1 ...
, the northern regional capital, on the Tamale-Bolga highway.
As part of the expansion and upgrading of the Tamale Airport to an international standard, there are plans of creating a road that links the airport to the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway at Duko which is located about 3 km north-east of the airport.
Culture
Duko is inhabited primarily by the
Dagomba people
The Dagombas are a Gur ethnic group of northern Ghana, numbering more than 2.3 million people. They inhabit the Northern Region of Ghana in the sparse savanna region below the sahelian belt, known as the Sudan. They speak the Dagbani languag ...
who speak the
Dagbani language
Dagbani (or Dagbane), also known as Dagbanli and Dagbanle, is a Gur language spoken in Ghana and Northern Togo. Its native speakers are estimated around 3,160,000. It is a compulsory subject in primary and junior high school in the Dagbon Kingdo ...
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Duko is headed by a chief who is subservient to the Paramount Chief of Savelugu. The incumbent chief of Duko is Naa Mahama Abukari 'Natural'.
Duko is noted for 'Duko-Tua', literally Baobab of Duko. It was a large boabab tree believed to accommodate some spiritual creatures who were somewhat friendly to inhabitants of the village and serve as guards to the village. It was also host to a swam of bees which was believe to protect the village against possible attack from its neighbours. The tree was brought down in the year 1993 to pave way for the reconstruction of the Tamale-Bolga Highway.
Education
The village has a primary school and a kindergarten.
[http://www.districtsinghana.gov.gh/news/?read=36896]
Economy
Many inhabitants of Duko are farmers who grow maize and rice. Until recently, farmers in the community were engaged in subsistence farming.
References
External links
* http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/economy/artikel.php?ID=95205
* https://books.google.com/books?id=UrVQvf0hYSAC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=duko+village+northern+ghana&source=bl&ots=VaXOrrSJLG&sig=oRl3HTioeBCzjL9hLV7QG-JENWM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7oYz7icfPAhVhDsAKHSKnB88Q6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=duko%20village%20northern%20ghana&f=false
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Villages in Ghana
Dagbon