Bolgatanga Municipal District

Bolgatanga Municipal District is one of the fifteen districts in , . Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Bolgatanga District; which was established by Legislative Instrument 1438, until the…
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: district of Ghana
  • Description: district of Ghana
  • Also known as: Bolgatanga

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School.

School
is an all female second cycle institution in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of , established in 1956 as a girls' middle boarding school and converted to a women's teaching college in 1965 and to a girls' senior high school in 1973.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolgatanga and Zuarungu.

is the capital of municipality in the Upper East Ghana. It is a land of so many languages and dialects but dominated by the Farefari/Gurene speakers.

Village
is a town in the of east of . The town is the capital of the . The people living in are part of the Frafra tribe. Frafra and English are commonly spoken. is situated 5 km east of Bolgatanga Municipal District.

Bolgatanga Municipal District

Latitude
10.7856° or 10° 47′ 8″ north
Longitude
-0.8514° or 0° 51′ 5″ west
Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)
Open location code
7C2XQ4PX+6C
Geo­Names ID
7648966
Wiki­data ID
Q891338
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Bolgatanga Municipal District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Bolgatanga Municipal District” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Bolgatanga (distrito)
  • Cebuano: Bolgatanga
  • Dutch: Bolgatanga Municipal District
  • Farefare: Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly
  • French: Bolgatanga municipalité
  • French: District municipal de Bolgatanga
  • German: Bolgatanga Municipal District
  • German: Bolgatanga Municipal Distrikt
  • Hausa: Bolgatanga Municipal District
  • Hausa: Bolgatanga
  • Igbo: Bolgatanga Municipal District
  • Igbo: Bolgatanga
  • Italian: Bolgatanga Municipal District
  • Italian: Distretto di Bolgatanga Municipale
  • Italian: distretto municipale di Bolgatanga
  • Italian: Distretto municipale di Bolgatanga
  • Japanese: ボルガタンガ郡
  • Polish: Dystrykt Bolgatanga
  • Spanish: Bolgatanga
  • Ukrainian: Болґатанга
  • Yoruba: Bolgatanga Municipal District
  • Yoruba: Bolgatanga

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Bolgatanga Municipal District”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bukere and Sherigu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Agric Dam and Nyokoko Forest Reserve.

Ghana: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bolgatanga Municipal District”. Photo: Dieu-Donné Gameli, CC BY-SA 3.0.