Hohoe

Hohoe
Hohoé
Town & District Capital
Hohoe city center
Hohoe city center
Hohoe is located in Ghana
Hohoe
Hohoe
Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 7°9′9″N 0°28′36″E / 7.15250°N 0.47667°E / 7.15250; 0.47667
Country Ghana
RegionVolta Region
DistrictHohoe Municipal District
Elevation
535 ft (163 m)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total56,202[1]
 Ranked 35th in Ghana
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Hohoe is a town and the district capital of Hohoe Municipality located in the Volta Region of Ghana.[2][3] It is about 78 km (48 mi) from Ho, the regional capital and 220 km (140 mi) 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]

  1. ^ "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
  2. ^ admin (2024-05-07). "Deloitte commissions 7th library at Hohoe". Ghanaian Times. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  3. ^ "Hohoe clash: How clash between Ghana police den residents of Godenu kill two pipo". BBC News Pidgin. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  4. ^ Noretti, Alberto Mario (16 February 2024). "Hohoe: Home of vast tourism potentials". Graphic Online. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Hohoe Municipality". hohoe.ghanadistricts.gov.gh. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  6. ^ "2010 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Ghana Statistical Service. May 2013.
  7. ^ 2010 Population and Housing Census. Ghana Statistical Service. 2010.