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Town and district capital in Upper East Region, Ghana
Photo: Kwadwo Obeng Asiedu, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bawku is a major border town and capital of Bawku Municipal in the Upper East Region of Ghana, on the border with Burkina Faso and near Togo. It is a busy cross-border trading town in the White Volta lowlands of the Ghanaian Northern Plains.
TZ with ayoyo, rice and stew, waakye, grilled meat.
Ataya tea, pito, beer, soft drinks.
Basic fan rooms with mosquito net. Power outages common — bring power bank and towel. No online booking.
Cattle, millet, maize, fugu smocks, Burkina cloth.
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