Volta Region
The Volta Region is one of Ghana's capital with Ho
Geography
The region is located southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the Northern Region, to the south by the Atlantic Ocean and the Greater Accra Region, on the northwest by the Brong- Ahafo Region, on the southwest by the Eastern Region and on the east by Togo. It extends with an average width of less than 100 km from the eastern coast of the country some 400 km to the north.
Coastal savanna in south, tropical forest and dry savannah in the north: Due to their unusual elongated form the Volta Region share of the three major natural areas of Ghana has. The Volta Region is in its central part, the mountainous region of the country. From southwest to northeast, the Akwapim - Togo - chain moves diagonally through the southern and central parts of the region. Here lies the Mount Afadjato, with 885 m the highest mountain of Ghana. There are several nature reserves and the Kyabobo National Park.
Population
17 different ethnic groups inhabit the region. Linguistically, these ethnic groups are therefore not attributable to only the two major language families of Ghana the Gur and Kwa languages. As a regional feature encountered in some population groups on the so-called Togo residual languages. The largest ethnic group are the Ewe, who are the majority in eight of the twelve districts of the region. The Ewe live in the more densely populated southern parts of the region. Other major ethnic groups include, inter alia, the Konkomba and Kratchi. .
History
None of the indigenous ethnic groups has organized itself in pre-colonial times in larger government units. The southern part of the region was dominated in the early 18th century, a time of the Kingdom of Akwamu. The Danes built in 1784 at Keta a fixed base (Fort Prinzenstein, see also here), the contact with the Europeans was much less intense than further west in this part of the coast of Ghana. Historically significant is the old trading town of Kete Krachi in the northern part of the region. The endpoint of a caravan route she was " hub " for slaves who were brought from here on ships to the coast. However, the old city fell to the Volta Dam project victims. Today's Kete - Kratchi is only built in the 60s.
The region in contrast to the rest of Ghana was colonized originally not by the British, but by the Germans. From 1884 to 1918 ( in practice, until 1914), the region was part of the German colony of Togoland or Togo. How to find, inter alia, to in the city Kpandu still remains German colonial architecture. From 1919 to 1956, the present-day Volta Region was a British League of Nations protectorate as British Togoland. After a referendum in 1956 it was in 1957 to the new state of Ghana affiliated.
Economy
The economy of the Volta Region is predominantly dependent on agriculture, 65 % of all employees work in this area. Cocoa, coffee, palm oil and kola nuts are the most important commercial crops. There are - uncommon in tropical Ghana - a few commercial cattle farms for the local market. Off the coast of petroleum deposits are suspected. In Ho there is a Polytechnic College and the percentage of children who attend school is high.
Political Structure
The region is divided into the following 15 districts:
- Adaklu - Anyigbe District
- Akatsi District
- Ho Municipal District
- Hohoe District
- Jasikan District
- Kadjebi District
- Keta District
- Ketu District
- Kpando District
- Krachi District
- Krachi East District
- Nkwanta District
- North Tongu District
- South Dayi District
- South Tongu District