Garu-Tempane District is a former district that was located 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 Bawku East District in August 2004. However, on 15 March 2018, it was split out into two new districts: Garu District (capital:

Garu Garu may refer to: Places * Akhurian River The Akhuryan ( hy, Ախուրյան ''Axuryan''; xcl, Ախուրեան ''Axurean''; russian: Арпачай or Ахурян), or Arpachay ( tr, Arpaçay) is a river in the South Caucasus. It origina ...

) and

Tempane District Tempane District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sh ...

(capital: Tempane). The district assembly was located in the eastern part of Upper East Region and had

as its capital town. It borders

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

to the north. Most residents are engaged in peasant farming and trading. Major crops include

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, sorghum,

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, rice, and groundnuts. Like many rural areas in Ghana, the district faces challenges in healthcare access and infrastructure. The road network in the community is bad. The area is home to various ethnic groups, including the Kusasi, Bimoba, and Bisa peoples.

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