Gbeogo is a village in northern

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. It is situated to the south-east of

Bolgatanga Bolgatanga (Frafra language, Frafra: ''Bɔlegataŋa''), colloquially known as ''Bolga'', is a town and also the capital of the Bolgatanga Municipal District, Bolgatanga Municipal and the Upper East Region of Ghana. It shares a Burkina Faso–Gh ...

, in the Tallensi Traditional Area. Gbeogo is populated by the Tallensi people, and consists mainly of mud-built dwellings. The village is home to a deaf school and has been host to American

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Volunteers for decades. They run the tree nursery, teach in the deaf school and work in the

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Two reports of a stay in Gbeogo b
Marios Cleovoulou
1998:

– an essay

– including a description of Gbeogo Populated places in the Upper East Region {{UpperEastRegion-geo-stub