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District Capital in Upper East Region, Ghana
Garu
District Capital
Garu is located in GhanaGaruGaruLocation of Garu in Upper East region
Coordinates: 10°51′N 0°10′W / 10.850°N 0.167°W / 10.850; -0.167
CountryGhana
RegionUpper East Region
DistrictGaru-Tempane District
Population
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Time zoneGMT
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Garu is a town and is the administrative capital of Garu District, a district in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana.

Garu is the only town in Ghana which is bordered by two countries: Republic of Togo to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. To the south by East Mamprusi District and to the west by Bawku Municipal.

Hon. Albert Akuka Alalzuuga is the current member of Parliament in the Garu constituency under the ticket of the NDC.

Garu Presbyterian Agricultural Station was established in 1967 by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) and is working to improve the living standards of the people in the area.

References

  1. Garu-Tempane District
  2. "Garu-Tempane". mofa.gov.gh. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. Garu Presbyterian Agricultural Station, Background and History Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 8 November 2019
Districts and Capitals of the Upper East Region of Ghana
Municipal (4) Location of Upper East Region District
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10°51′N 0°10′W / 10.850°N 0.167°W / 10.850; -0.167


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