Navrongo
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| Town & District Capital | |
 Location of Navrongo. Navrongo is in the north east of North Ghana, beside the Burkina Faso border. |
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 Navrongo
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| Coordinates: 10°53′5″N 1°5′25″W / 10.88472°N 1.09028°WCoordinates: 10°53′5″N 1°5′25″W / 10.88472°N 1.09028°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Upper East Region |
| District | Kassena-Nankana District |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 27,306 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT (UTC) |
Navrongo is a town and the capital of Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. Navrongo is the capital of Kassena-Nankana District – which is within the Upper East Region of north Ghana. Navrongo has a 2012 settlement population of 27,306 people.
Navrongo is an important market town, known for its cathedral and its grotto. Navrongo is located at 10°53′5″N 1°5′25″W / 10.88472°N 1.09028°W. Navrongo's population in 2005 was estimated to be 25,470, and its population in 2012 was estimated to be 27,306. The terrain is flat and the ecology is typical of the Sahel – arid grassland with occasional shrubbery.
The first ever Solar Plant with a capacity of 2 Megawatts in Ghana is located at Navrongo.
The town was founded around 1740. During the 19th century, the town became an important staging post on the Sahel caravan route. At the beginning of the 20th century the British established a base at Navrongo.
A Catholic mission was established in 1906 - the White Fathers ("Pères Blancs"), a French group made up of French Canadians. They came to Upper East region from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) due to French anti-clerical laws (the Fathers believed they would be expelled from Upper Volta). The British allowed them to set up in Navrongo on condition that the school that they were to establish used English only. Despite a rocky beginning (the Fathers had learnt the wrong local language and only attracted 5 students in the first 18 months), the school eventually became a success – a British official in 1927 said that it was the best school (of only 5) in the north of Ghana.
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