Zuarungu is a town in the

Upper East Region The Upper East Region is located in the northern part of Ghana and it is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers, or 2.7% of the total land area of Ghana. The reg ...

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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 ...

. The town is the capital of the Bolgatanga East District. The people living in Zuarungu are part of the Frafra tribe. Frafra and

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are commonly spoken.

Communities of Zuarungu

* Yarigabisi * Agric * Kumbosku * Daboren * Dulugu * Kantia * Asonge * Zonno * Sarkaribiisi * Nyorkoko * Kangoo * Katanga * Benkute * Kunkua * Zuarungu-Dakio * Zuarungu-Dubila * Zuarungu-Moshie * Dubilla

Markets

Zuarungu holds one main market. This one is called Tu'an ( Frafra for

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) and is named after a Baobab tree that used to stand there when the marked was founded. Tu'an is found around the eastern end of the DVLA Road in Zuarungu. Additionally, there is the Timber Market which is located north of N11 in Yarigabisi. Although this market is mainly for wood you can also buy many other things there. There are also some smaller markets around Zuarungu: * Puskan (Zonno) * Beat and Boot Market (Kumbosku)

Education

* Nurse and Midwifery Training College Zuarungu * Zuarungu Senior High School * Gambibgo Community Day Senior High School

Geologische Besonderheiten

Dams

Many of the communities of Zuarungu have their own

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s which are mainly used for agriculture. During the

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the water is used by cattle to drink and also to water plants to make

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possible while no rain is falling.

Zonno-Zori

Zonno-Zori (locally also Zonzori) is a hill chain east of Zuarungu near the communities of Zonno and Nyorkoko. It is formed by four main hills and many smaller hills. None of the hills of Zonzori has a name. The maximum elevation of the hills is 348 m. Zori is Frafra and can be translated as mountain or rock.

References

Populated places in the Upper East Region {{UpperEastRegion-geo-stub