Tongo
Tongo is a small town near the Upper East region capital of Bolgatanga, and Tongo is the capital of Talensi-Nabdam District in the Upper East Region of Northern part of Ghana.- Type: Village
- Description: is a small town or district capital of Talensi District in Upper East Region
- Also known as: “Tengzuk”, “Tong”, “Tonga”, “Tongo Zoo”, and “Tongo, Ghana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tongo Hills and Zuarungu.
Tongo Hills
The Tongo Hills are a group of hills near Tongo in the Ghanaian Northern Plains. The highest elevation is 355 m.Zuarungu
Village
Zuarungu is a town in the Upper East Region of Ghana east of Bolgatanga. The town is the capital of the Bolgatanga East District. The people living in Zuarungu are part of the Frafra tribe. Frafra and English are commonly spoken. Zuarungu is situated 9 km north of Tongo.
Bolgatanga
Bolgatanga is the capital of Bolgatanga municipality in Upper East Ghana. It is a place of many languages and dialects but dominated by Farefari/Gurene speakers.Tongo
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Talensi-Nabdam District, Upper East Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.7079° or 10° 42′ 29″ north
Longitude
-0.803° or 0° 48′ 11″ west
Elevation
208 metres (682 feet)
Open location code
7C2XP55W+5Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Tongo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tongo”
- Farefare: “Tongo”
- Finnish: “Tongo”
- Indonesian: “Tongo, Ghana”
- Indonesian: “Tongo”
- Japanese: “トンゴ”
- Polish: “Tongo”
- Swedish: “Tongo, Ghana”
- Swedish: “Tongo”
- Turkish: “Tongo”
- Urdu: “ٹونگو، گھانا”
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