Bawku Municipal District
District Municipal de Bawku | |
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Municipal District | |
.svg) Districts of Upper East Region | |
  Bawku Municipal District Location of Bawku Municipal District within Upper East | |
| Coordinates: 11°3′14.76″N 0°14′18.6″W / 11.0541000°N 0.238500°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Upper East |
| Capital | Bawku |
| Government | |
| • Municipal Chief Executive | Hajia Hawa Ninchema |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,275 km2 (492 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 119,907[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-UE-BA |
Bawku Municipal District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Bawku East District; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1439, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor in August 2004 to create Garu-Tempane District; thus the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on the same year to become Bawku Municipal District. However, on 28 June 2012, two parts of the district were later split off to create Binduri District (from the west) and Pusiga District (from the east) respectively; thus the remaining part has been retained as Bawku Municipal District. The municipality is located in the eastern part of Upper East Region and has Bawku as its capital town.