Volta Region

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::summary Region of Ghana ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Volta Region
native_name	Région de la Volta
Amuga Nutome
type	Region
image_skyline	A view of amedzope town from mounitain gemi.jpg
image_map	Volta in Ghana 2018.svg
mapsize	150px
map_caption	Location of Volta in Ghana
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ghana
leader_title	Regional Minister
leader_name	James Gunu
leader_title1	Deputy Regional Minister
leader_title2
seat_type	Capital
seat	Ho
area_total_km2	9,504
area_rank	Ranked 12th
population_total	1659040
population_as_of	2021 Census
population_rank	Ranked 7th
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	GDP (PPP)
demographics1_title1	Year
demographics1_info1	2014
demographics1_title2	Per capita
demographics1_info2	$3,974
demographics_type2	GDP (Nominal)
demographics2_title1	Year
demographics2_info1	2014
demographics2_title2	Per capita
demographics2_info2	$1,902
blank_name_sec2	HDI (2022)
blank_info_sec2	0.625
· 7th
parts_type	Districts
parts_style	para
p1	18
iso_code	GH-TV
website	http://voltaregion.gov.gh/
timezone	GMT
area_code	036
::

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Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. Other major towns in the Region include Anloga, Keta, Hohoe, Aflao, Sogakope, Akatsi, Juapong, Denu and many others. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 18 administrative districts, the region is multi-ethnic and multilingual, including groups such as the Ewe, the Guan, Ga-Adangme, Akan people, Hausa and other minority groups. The Guan peoples prior to the creation of the Oti Region included the Lolobi, Likpe, Akpafu, Akyode, Buem, , Avatime (located in the Agortime-Ziope district, remains an integral part of the Volta Region) and Nkonya.

The people of the Volta Region are popularly known as Voltarians (). This group includes the Ewes, Guans and other minor tribes living in the Volta Region. The people of the Volta Region are popular known for their rich cultural display and music some of which include Agbadza, Borborbor and Zigi.

Background

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Togoland.svg" caption="British Togoland in pale green ([[French Togoland]] in pale purple)"] ::

The Volta region was formed by the state union of the former British Togoland which had been part of the German protectorate of Togoland. It was administered as part of the Gold Coast by the British and later renamed Trans-Volta Togoland.

Demographics

The native and largest ethnic group of the Volta Region are the Ewe people (68.5% of the population). They consist of several subgroups such as the Anlo Ewe, Tongu Ewe, Wedome Ewe, Ave Ewe and Avenor Ewe. Other ethnicities include the Guan people (forming 9.2% of the population), the Akan people (8.5%), and the Gurma people (6.5% of the population). The main languages of the region are Ewe and English.

Administration

The Volta region is run by a Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and a District Assembly. The RCC is made up of the Volta Regional Minister who is the political head and his deputy as well as representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs, the District Chief Executives of the Volta region, the Presiding Members of the 12 Districts Assemblies and representatives of the various decentralized Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the Volta region. Each district is run by a District Assembly.

Regional Commissioners and Ministers

Main article: Volta Regional Minister

The current Regional Minister, James Gunu was appointed in January 2025.

Administrative divisions

Before the regional demarcation in December 2018, the region had 25 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 5 Municipal and 20 Ordinary Assemblies) with all the administrative changes as of December 2012. After the census, the Oti Region was carved out of it, reducing the size of the region and the number of administrative districts to 18.

The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 18 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 6 Municipal and 12 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows:

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Districts_of_the_Volta_Region_(2018).png" caption="Districts of the Volta Region"] ::

::data[format=table title="Districts of the Volta Region"]

#	MMDA Name	Capital	MMDA Type	Chief Executive	Start date	Constituency	Member of Parliament	Party	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Adaklu	Adaklu Waya	Ordinary	Kadey Phanel Donkoh	1 June 2017	Adaklu	Kwame Governs Agbodza	NDC
Afadjato South	Ve Golokwati	Ordinary	James Etornam Flolu	1 June 2017	Afadjato South	Angela Oforiwa Alorwu-Tay	NDC
Agotime-Ziope	Kpetoe	Ordinary	John Kwaku Amanya	1 June 2017	Agotime-Ziope	Charles Akwasi Agbeve	NDC
Akatsi North	Ave-Dakpa	Ordinary	Prince Sodoke Amuzu	1 June 2017	Akatsi North	Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe	NDC
Akatsi South	Akatsi	Ordinary	Leonelson Adzidogah	1 June 2017	Akatsi South	Bernard Ahiafor	NDC
Anloga	Anloga	Municipal	Seth Yormewu	15 May 2018	Anlo	Richard Kwami Sefe	NDC
Central Tongu	Adidome	Ordinary	Thomas Moore Zonyarah	1 June 2017	Central Tongu	Alexander Roosevelt Hottordze	NDC
Ho	Ho	Municipal	Prosper Kofi Pi-Bansah	1 June 2017	Ho Central	Richmond Edem Kofi Kpotosu	NDC
Ho West	Dzolokpuita	Ordinary	Ernest Victor Apau	1 June 2017	Ho West	Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah	NDC
Hohoe	Hohoe	Municipal	Andrews Teddy Ofori	1 June 2017	Hohoe	Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo	NDC
Keta	Keta	Municipal	Godwin Edudji Effah	1 June 2017	Keta	Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey	NDC
Ketu North	Dzodze	Municipal	Anthony Avogbedor	1 June 2017	Ketu North	Eric Edem Agbana	NDC
Ketu South	Denu	Municipal	Edem Elliot Agbewornu	1 June 2017	Ketu South	Dzifa Abla Gomashie	NDC
Kpando	Kpandu	Municipal	Ernest Theophilus Quist	1 June 2017	Kpando	Sebastian Fred Deh	NDC
North Dayi	Anfoega	Ordinary	Kudjo Edmund Attah	1 June 2017	North Dayi	Joycelyn Tetteh	NDC
North Tongu	Battor Dugame	Ordinary	Richard Collins Arku	7 January 2017	North Tongu	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	NDC
South Dayi	Kpeve New Town	Ordinary	Ernest Patrick Mallet	1 June 2017	South Dayi	Rockson-Nelson Kwami Dafeamekpor	NDC
South Tongu	Sogakope	Ordinary	Emmanuel Louis Agama	1 June 2017	South Tongu	Maxwell Kwame Lukutor	NDC
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The following districts are now within the boundaries of the Oti Region which was formally created on 15 February 2019.

::data[format=table title="Districts of the Oti Region"]

#	MMDA Name	Capital	MMDA Type	Chief Executive	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Biakoye	Nkonya Ahenkro	Ordinary	Comfort Attah
Jasikan	Jasikan	Ordinary	Lawrence Aziale
Kadjebi	Kadjebi	Ordinary	Michael Kofi Asiedu
Krachi East	Dambai	Municipal	Patrick Jilima
Krachi Nchumuru	Chindiri	Ordinary	Augustine Appiah
Krachi West	Kete Krachi	Ordinary	Douglas Osei-Nti
Nkwanta North	Kpassa	Ordinary	Jakayi Jackson
Nkwanta South	Nkwanta	Ordinary	John Tarsun
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Constituencies

There are 18 constituencies in the region after the Oti Region was carved out of it. Previously, Volta Region had 19 constituencies in the election in December 2000 and 24 constituencies in December 2004 parliamentary election. Four new constituencies were created by the Electoral Commission prior to the December 2012 parliamentary election, increasing the number of constituencies to 26.

Education

Universities

• Ghana Telecom University College (Now Ghana Communication Technology University)
• University of Health and Allied Sciences
• Evangelical Presbyterian University College
• Ho Technical University
• Princefield University College
• Adonai University College

Nurses' Training and Colleges of Education

• Ho Nurses' Training College
• Keta Nursing and Midwifery Training College
• Hohoe Midwifery Training College
• Akatsi College of Education
• Peki College of Education
• Holy Spirit College of Education
• St. Francis College of Education
• St. Theresa's College of Education
• E.P College of Education, Amedzofe

Senior High Schools

• St. Paul's Senior High School (SPACO)
• Some Senior High School (SOSEC)
• Klikor Senior High Technical School (KLISTECH)
• Bishop Herman College (BIHECO)
• Kpando Senior High School
• Keta Senior High Technical School
• OLA Girls Senior High School (Ho)
• Mawuko Girls' Senior High School
• Mafi Kumase Senior High Technical School
• Adidome Senior High School
• Sogakofe Senior High School
• Keta Business College
• Wallahs Academy SHS (Ho)
• Adaklu Senior High School, (Adaklu Waya)
• Awudome Senior High School (AWUSCO), Tsito-Awudome
• Ave Senior High School (AVESCO), Ave Dakpa
• Ziope Senior High School
• Mawuli School (Ho)
• St Prosper's College (Ho)
• Ideal College
• Social Welfare Vocational Training Centre (SWEVCO), Ho
• Sonrise Christian High School
• Abor Senior High School
• Zion College
• Tanyigbe Senior High School
• Three Town Senior High School
• Hohoe E.P Senior High School (HEPSS)
• Vakpo Secondary School
• Vakpo Secondary Senior High Technical
• Kpedze Senior High School
• Peki Senior High School
• Shia Senior High School
• Peki Senior High Technical School (Pestech)
• Kpeve Senior High Technical School
• Have Technical Institute
• Anfoega Senior High School
• Taviefe Senior High School
• Agate Senior High School
• Atiavi Senior High Technical School (Atiavi)
• Alavanyo Senior High Technical School
• E.P. Tech/Voc. Institute (Alavanyo)
• Kpando Technical Institute
• Leklebi Senior High School
• Ve Community Senior High School (Ve Koloenu)
• Tsito Senior High Technical School
• Abutia Senior High Technical School
• Sokode Senior High Technical School
• St. Catherine Girls Senior High School
• Wovenu Senior High Technical School, Tadzewu
• Akatsi Senior High Technical School

Health

The Volta Regional Hospital is located at Ho. It is popularly referred to as Trafalgar. The inception of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Ho has led to it being redesignated as the Ho Teaching Hospital in 2019. Other government run health facilities in the capital are the Ho Municipal Hospital and the Ho Polyclinic. Hospitals in the region include:

::data[format=table title="List of major hospitals in the Volta Region"]

District	Location	Hospital
Akatsi South	Akatsi	Akatsi District Hospital
St. Paul's Hospital
Ho Municipal	Ho	Ho Teaching Hospital
Ho Municipal Hospital
Ho Polyclinic
	Hohoe Municipal
Keta Municipal	Abor	Sacred Heart Hospital
Keta	Keta Government Hospital
Ketu South Municipal	Aflao	Ketu South Municipal Hospital
Kpando Municipal	Kpando	Margaret Marquart Catholic Hospital
North Dayi	Anfoega	Anfoega Catholic Hospital
North Tongu	Adidome	Adidome Hospital
Battor	Catholic Hospital
South Dayi	Peki	Peki Government Hospital
South Tongu	Sogakope	Sogakope District Hospital
::

Togoland Congress

Main article: Togoland Congress

The Togoland Congress (TCP) was a political party formed in 1951 to campaign for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state. The party was defeated in the May 1956 UN plebiscite in British Togoland, which resulted in the unification of British Trans-Volta Togoland with Gold Coast, which later became independent as Ghana.

On 9 May 1956, a vote was conducted to decide the future disposition of British Togoland and French Togoland. The native and dominant ethnic group, the Ewe people, were divided between the two Togos. British Togoland inhabitants voted in favor of state union with the Gold Coast, and the Togo Ewe state was incorporated with Gold Coast.

There was vocal opposition to the incorporation of Togoland into modern Ghana, from the Ewe people who voted (42%) against in British Togoland, as the Ewe wanted the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state (modern Togo).

Recently, a campaign for the cessation of some part of the Volta Region from Ghana to be known as "Western Togoland" is being led by a group calling itself Homeland Study Group Foundation. The group is led by Charles Kormi Kudzodzi.

Tourism

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Tagbo_Falls,_Hohoein_theVolta_region.ogv" caption="Hohoe Municipal]], Volta region.}}"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Adome_Bridge,_Ghana.jpg" caption="Aerial view from the north of the Adomi Bridge"] ::

Recreation areas

Museum

• Volta Regional Museum

Mountains

• Mount Afadja
• Mount Adaklu
• Mount Gemi

Other tourist attractions

Waterfalls

• Tafi Agome Caves
• Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary
• Wli Waterfalls
• Tagbo Falls
• Amedzofe Falls
• Biakpa Falls and Caves
• Kpoeta waterfalls (at Ho West District)
• Mount Afadja
• Mount Gemi
• Akpom Falls and limestone cave Logba Tota
• Snake Village Liate Wote
• Adidime waterfalls Klefe (at Ho Municipal)
• Ave Crocodile Resort (Ave Dakpa)

Notable citizens

::data[format=table title="Notable native citizens of Volta"]

#	Citizen	Settlement	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Erica Nego	Ho
Jerry Rawlings	Keta
Kofi Awoonor	Wheta
Peter Bossman	Ho
Prof. A.C. Kuma	Leklebi
Ave Kludze	Hohoe
Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey	Nogokpo
Dzifa Ativor	Abutia
Ephraim Amu	Abenase
Komla Dumor	Aflao
Togbe Afede XIV	Ho
Stonebwoy	Alakple
Mz Vee	Dzodze
John Dumelo	Hohoe
Philip Gbeho	Vodza
Kofi Adjorlolo	Klikor
Edem	Dzodze
John Peter Amewu	Hohoe
Esther Ocloo	Peki
Joseph Edward Michel	Atikpui
Emmanuel Kotoka	Fiaxor
Anthony Deku
J. W. K. Harlley
Courage Quashigah	Kedzi
Harry Dumashie	Dzelukope
Kojo Tsikata
Tsatsu Tsikata
Mac Sarbah	Mepe
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