| Daka River | |
|---|---|
 Lake Volta with its tributaries (Daka River in the centre from th top) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Volta River |
• location | Lake Volta |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mouth |
The Daka River is a river of Ghana. It flows through the northeastern part of the country and is one of the tributaries of the Lake Volta. [1] The land between the Daka and Oti rivers is known as the Oti-Daka corridor. [2]
Ghana is a West African country in Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea.
The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In the northwest, the Black Volta forms the international borders between the Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. The Volta flows southward along the Akwapim-Togoland highlands, and it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Guinea at Ada Foah. It has a smaller tributary river, the Oti, which enters Ghana from Togo in the east. The Volta River has been dammed at Akosombo for the purpose of generating hydroelectricity. The reservoir named Lake Volta stretches from Akosombo Dam in the south to the northern part of the country, and is the largest man-made reservoir by area in the world.
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The Oti Region is one of the six newly created regions of Ghana in December 2018. The region was carved out of the northern part of the Volta Region and will be in fulfillment of a campaign promise made by New Patriotic Party. Prior to the 2016 Ghanaian general election, the then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo declared that when elected, he would explore the possibility of creating new regions out of some of the existing regions in Ghana in order to bring government closer to citizens. The Region was inaugurated on May 14, 2019. It has Dambai as its Regional Capital. The people of Oti region have for more than 60 years always wanted to have a region of their own before its creation in 2018 by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government in December 2018.
Krachi Nchumuru District is one of the eight districts in Oti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of Krachi West District on 4 August 2004, which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1747. until the northern part of the district was split off to create Krachi Nchumuru District on 28 June 2012, which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2084; thus the remaining part has been retained as Krachi West District. The district assembly is located in the northern part of Oti Region and has Chinderi as its capital town.
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