Builsa North District

The Builsa North District is one of the fifteen districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Sandema.It was created from the Builsa District which had Sandema as the District capital. Majority of the inhabitants are of the Builsa tribe, the original early settlers of the area. It also has a significant population of the Kantosi whom dominantly reside in Sandema.

Builsa North Municipality Buluk
District
Districts of Upper East region
Builsa North Municipality Builsa North District in Upper East region
Coordinates: 10°44′5″N 1°17′26″W
Region	Upper East Region
Capital	Sandema
Government
• Member of Parliament	Hon. James Agalga
Area
• Total	1,946 km^2 (751 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	56,477—
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code	GH-UE-BU

Education

There are numerous basic schools in Builsa North Municipality, including three Senior High Schools (SHS) of which two are public i.e. the Sandema Senior High School and the Sandema Senior High Technical School. The third privately owned is the Wiaga Senior High School, a community SHS in Wiaga. The Youth Leadership Training Institute is a vocational institution also located in Sandema, the district capital.

Economy

The economic structure of the Builsa North District is dominated by an agrarian subsistence economy. Industry is scarce, and tourism has not yet developed.

Villages

The capital and largest town in the Builsa North District is Sandema. The Builsa North District encompasses the following villages:

• Bachonsa
• Chuchuliga
• Doninga
• Fumbisi
• Gbedema
• Gbedembilisi
• Kadema
• Kanjarga
• Siniensi
• Uwasa
• Vaari
• Wiaga
• Wiesi

Sources

• "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
• GhanaDistricts.com

Further reading

• Schott, Rüdiger (1977). "Sources for a History of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana". Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, Bd. 23 (1977), pp. 141–168.