Hohoe Explained

Official Name:Hohoe
Other Name:Hohoé
Settlement Type:Town & District Capital
Pushpin Map:Ghana
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ghana
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ghana
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Volta Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hohoe Municipal District
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2012
Population Note:Ranked 35th in Ghana
Population Total:56,202[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:GMT
Timezone Dst:GMT
Coordinates:7.1525°N 0.4767°W
Elevation M:163

Hohoe is a town and the district capital of Hohoe Municipality located in the Volta Region of Ghana.[2] [3] It is about from Ho, the regional capital and from Accra, the national capital.[4] The population of Hohoe Municipality,[5] according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census,[6] is 167,016 representing 7.9 per cent of the total population of the Volta Region. It comprises 52.1 per cent females and 47.9 percent males.[7]

Major areas

Alavanyo-Dzogbedze, Alavanyo-Deme, Alavanyo Agorme, Alavanyo-Kpeme, Alavanyo-Wudidi, Alavanyo-Agorxoe, Alavanyo-Abehenase, Gbi-Bla, Gbi-Kpeme, Gbi-Godenu Gbi-Abansi, Gbi-Wegbe, Kpoeta, Gbi-Atabu, Gbi-Kledzo, Gborxome, Blave, Kitikpa, Lowcost, Segbedeme, Ahado, Fodome, Tsevi, Wli, Paloma, Adabraka, Bangalow, Boondocks, Torkorni.

Education

There are many private and public basic schools in Hohoe. A list of educational institutions in Hohoe are as follows:

Tertiary institutions

Secondary education

Tourism   

The Hohoe Municipality is a home of tourism potential capable of transforming its economy, as well as its overall contribution to national income when fully harnessed. It has beautiful landscapes, numerous eco-tourism sites that make it one of the most important tourist areas in the country. The Hohoe Municipality has the following marked tourism features:[18] [19]

i. The highest peak in Ghana Mount Afadja (Afadjato) located between Liati Wote and Gbledi communities

ii. The highest waterfall in West Africa – Wli Waterfall located at Wli.

iii. Tsatsadu Waterfall located at Alavanyo

iv. Tagbo Waterfall at Liati Wote

v. Wadjakli Waterfall located at Likpe Todome

vi. The most wonderful ancient old iron mines at Akpafu Todzi .

vii. The four ancestral caves located at Likpe-Todome.

Notable natives

External links

7.149°N 0.4746°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Gazetteer online . World-gazetteer.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111172126/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x . 2012-01-11.
  2. Web site: admin . 2024-05-07 . Deloitte commissions 7th library at Hohoe . 2024-05-22 . Ghanaian Times . en.
  3. Web site: 2023-08-31 . Hohoe clash: How clash between Ghana police den residents of Godenu kill two pipo . 2024-05-22 . BBC News Pidgin.
  4. Web site: Noretti . Alberto Mario . 16 February 2024 . Hohoe: Home of vast tourism potentials . 22 May 2024 . Graphic Online.
  5. Web site: Hohoe Municipality . 2021-06-12 . hohoe.ghanadistricts.gov.gh.
  6. Web site: 2010 Population and Housing Census . May 2013 . Ghana Statistical Service.
  7. Book: 2010 Population and Housing Census . Ghana Statistical Service . 2010.
  8. Web site: About Us – Teresco. 2021-02-12. en-US.
  9. Web site: Contact – St. Francis College of Education . 2022-09-19 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Contact – NURSING & MIDWIFERY TRAINING COLLEGE HOHOE . 2022-09-19 . en-US . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171212/https://mtshohoe.edu.gh/contact/ . dead .
  11. Web site: 2020-09-10. Hohoe E.P Senior High School: All details - HEPSS Hohoe - Volta Region. 2021-02-12. en-US. 2020-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022203217/https://ghschoolsonline.com/index.php/2020/09/10/hohoe-e-p-senior-high-school-all-details-hepss/. dead.
  12. Web site: 2020-09-11. Likpe Senior High School: All details - LISEC Likpe Mate - Volta Region . 2021-02-12. en-US.
  13. Web site: 2020-09-10. Alavanyo Senior High Technical School: All details - ASTECH SHS - Volta. 2021-02-12. en-US.
  14. Web site: 2020-09-10. Akpafu Senior High Technical School: All details - ASSETS SHS - Volta. 2021-02-12. en-US.
  15. Web site: 2020-09-10. Agate Senior High School: All details - AGASEC SHS - Have Etoe - Volta . 2021-02-12. en-US.
  16. Web site: 2020-09-10. Afadjato Senior High Technical School: All details - AFASTECH Volta. 2021-02-12. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2020-09-11. St Mary's Seminary Senior High School: All details -SMASCOLolobi - Volta. 2021-02-18. en-US.
  18. News: Volta. Ghana Tourism Authority. 2018-11-30. en.
  19. News: Hohoe Municipality: Endowed in tourism but little investment. Anane-Amponsah. Mary. Graphic Online. 2018-11-30. en-gb.
  20. Web site: Appiah-Fei . Esther Owusua . 21 February 2024 . The story of the valiant Millicent Ankude: From the streets of Hohoe, Ghana to Birmingham, England . 22 May 2024 . olympics.com.

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