Ghana - Bolgatanga (2), Upper East Region

This clip shows my last day in Bolgatanga, capital of the Upper East Region of Ghana, where I had just visited a hotel in the southern part of the city. The footage starts immediately after, driving along the main Tamale-Bolga Road, and into the centre of Bolgatanga, where you can see the junction that is the turn-off to head up to the somewhat unstable township of Bawku. However, the vehicle heads along the main road into town to the tro-tro station, of which a short segment is shown before departing, heading south this time along the Tamale-Bolga Road (as I was heading back to Tamale that day).

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[Ghanapedia]

@frankooga - certainly not to the extent of the more southern regional capitals of Ghana. I would say that Accra, Kumasi, and probably Takoradi definitely are more developed than Bolgatanga.

When I was there, the Jubilee square was being worked on, and Barclays had opened a new branch with Bolga's first ATM (as Barclays had also done in Hohoe in the Volta Region at the time).

Bolga's remoteness would certainly be a factor, as I've heard in the case of Wa, in the Upper West Region.

[frankooga]

The northern and upper part of Ghana is totally ignored ,i dont see any proper development there

AM i wrong ?