Builsa North Municipal District
Builsa tribe
The majority of the inhabitants are of the Builsa tribe, the original early settlers of the area. It also has a significant population of the Kantosi whom dominantly reside in Sandema.
Education
There are numerous basic schools in Builsa North Municipality, including three Senior High Schools (SHS) of which two are public i.e. the Sandema Senior High School and the Sandema Senior High Technical School. The third privately owned is the Wiaga Senior High School, a community SHS in Wiaga. The Youth Leadership Training Institute is a vocational institution also located in Sandema, the district capital.
Economy
The economic structure of the Builsa North District is dominated by an agrarian subsistence economy. Industry is scarce, and tourism has not yet developed.
Villages
The capital and largest town in the Builsa North District is Sandema. The Builsa North District encompasses the following villages:
- Bachonsa
- Chuchuliga
- Doninga
- Fumbisi
- Gbedema
- Gbedembilisi
- Kadema
- Kanjarga
- Siniensi
- Uwasa
- Vaari
- Wiaga
- Wiesi
Sources
- "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
- GhanaDistricts.com
Further reading
- Schott, Rüdiger (1977). "Sources for a History of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana". Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, Bd. 23 (1977), pp. 141–168.