Bole, Ghana

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Bole is a small town and is the capital of Bole district, a district in the Savannah Region of northern Ghana. Bole is connected by road to the town of Sawla and the town of Bamboi. Bole is home to the Bole District Hospital and post office. The Bole District covers an area of 4800 km2 land mass and has a population of about 87,656.

History

Bole was founded as a trading center by Soninke Wangara immigrants, the same group that were the progenitors of the Dyula of Begho, Bouna, Bondoukou and Kong. The town was located on an important regional trade route for kola nuts linking the Manding region with Hausaland, and was a part of the Gonja kingdom.

In 1818 Bole fought a war against the Ashanti Empire. When they lost, the victors deposed the ruling Timite family of imams and replaced them with the Kamaghate. The Bolewura, leader of the historical Bole chiefdom and current Traditional Area, moved his seat to Bole in 1868.

Institutions

Notable natives

Climate

| width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Bole (1991–2020)

| Jan record high C = 39.6 | Feb record high C = 41.5 | Mar record high C = 41.5 | Apr record high C = 41.0 | May record high C = 38.5 | Jun record high C = 36.1 | Jul record high C = 34.4 | Aug record high C = 34.0 | Sep record high C = 33.8 | Oct record high C = 36.0 | Nov record high C = 38.1 | Dec record high C = 39.0

| Jan high C = 35.5 | Feb high C = 37.0 | Mar high C = 37.0 | Apr high C = 35.0 | May high C = 33.2 | Jun high C = 31.2 | Jul high C = 29.7 | Aug high C = 29.2 | Sep high C = 30.2 | Oct high C = 32.2 | Nov high C = 34.3 | Dec high C = 35.1 | year high C = 33.3

| Jan mean C = 26.8 | Feb mean C = 29.1 | Mar mean C = 30.4 | Apr mean C = 29.6 | May mean C = 28.3 | Jun mean C = 26.8 | Jul mean C = 25.7 | Aug mean C = 25.4 | Sep mean C = 25.9 | Oct mean C = 26.9 | Nov mean C = 27.0 | Dec mean C = 26.2 | year mean C = 27.3

| Jan low C = 18.1 | Feb low C = 21.1 | Mar low C = 23.7 | Apr low C = 24.1 | May low C = 23.4 | Jun low C = 22.4 | Jul low C = 21.8 | Aug low C = 21.6 | Sep low C = 21.5 | Oct low C = 21.6 | Nov low C = 19.7 | Dec low C = 17.3 | year low C = 21.4

| Jan record low C = 11.0 | Feb record low C = 13.5 | Mar record low C = 15.6 | Apr record low C = 19.2 | May record low C = 19.2 | Jun record low C = 18.7 | Jul record low C = 18.7 | Aug record low C = 18.0 | Sep record low C = 17.2 | Oct record low C = 15.0 | Nov record low C = 9.5 | Dec record low C = 10.1

| precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 3.2 | Feb precipitation mm = 15.9 | Mar precipitation mm = 46.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 104.7 | May precipitation mm = 128.9 | Jun precipitation mm = 139.6 | Jul precipitation mm = 137.2 | Aug precipitation mm = 155.4 | Sep precipitation mm = 198.7 | Oct precipitation mm = 111.0 | Nov precipitation mm = 18.5 | Dec precipitation mm = 4.2 | year precipitation mm = 1063.3

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 0.2 | Feb precipitation days = 1.0 | Mar precipitation days = 3.5 | Apr precipitation days = 6.3 | May precipitation days = 8.5 | Jun precipitation days = 9.5 | Jul precipitation days = 9.2 | Aug precipitation days = 9.9 | Sep precipitation days = 14.1 | Oct precipitation days = 9.0 | Nov precipitation days = 1.8 | Dec precipitation days = 0.3 | year precipitation days = 73.3

| Jan sun = 255.0 | Feb sun = 228.2 | Mar sun = 228.2 | Apr sun = 225.0 | May sun = 232.8 | Jun sun = 180.3 | Jul sun = 151.5 | Aug sun = 133.0 | Sep sun = 155.2 | Oct sun = 230.1 | Nov sun = 243.9 | Dec sun = 244.1 | year sun = 2507.3

| source = NOAA{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929165726/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Ghana/CSV/Bole_65416.csv | archive-date = 29 September 2023 | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Ghana/CSV/Bole_65416.csv | title = Bole Normals 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 29 September 2023}}

References

References

  2. (3 May 2008). "Bole District".
  3. "Bole".
  4. (2000). "The Wangara, an Old Soninke Diaspora in West Africa?". Cahiers d'Études Africaines.
  5. (2012). "Imams of Gonja The Kamaghate and the Transmission of Islam to the Volta Basin". Cahiers d'Études Africaines.
  6. Shinnie Peter Lewis. Archaeology in Gonja, Ghana. In: 2000 ans d’histoire africaine. Le sol, la parole et l’écrit. Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny. Tome I. Paris : Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer, 1981. pp. 65-70. (Bibliothèque d'histoire d'outre-mer. Études, 5-6-1) www.persee.fr/doc/sfhom_1768-7144_1981_mel_5_1_923
  7. "Assistant Headmaster of Bole SHS arrested for alleged rape".
  8. www.3news .com. (2022-05-25). "Bole SHS Asst. Head accused of raping final-year student".
  9. Agyeman, Adwoa. (2022-04-11). "Bole SHS old students stop auctioning of school bus".

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