The Oti Region is one of the six newly created regions of Ghana. It was carved out of the Volta Region in December 2018, following a campaign promise of Nana Akufo-Addo to bring governance closer to the people, and a referendum among the people of the area decided the final stage of its creation. The region was inaugurated on 14 May 2019 with Dambai as its capital. It is bordered on the north by the Northern Region, on the south by the Volta Region and on the west by Lake Volta, and it has nine districts, made up of four municipal and five district assemblies. The region is much drier than the south of Ghana, with savanna vegetation and a wet season from May to November. Its languages include Akposo, Guan, Twi, Ewe and Konkomba, and Kyabobo National Park lies in the Nkwanta South District.
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1. citypopulation.de: Ghana: Regions and Districts, population statistics
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Oti ( ← Volta) Region 636,889 747,248
2. Oti Region (Wikipedia)
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carved out of the Volta Region in December 2018
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The Oti Region is one of the six newly created regions of Ghana and was carved out of the Volta Region in December 2018.
Has Capital: Dambai, Lead, capital
The region was inaugurated on May 14, 2019 with Dambai as its capital.
View the SourceGeoNames: GeoNames: Dambai, seat of a first-order administrative division
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