Tongo | |
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District Capital | |
  Tongo Location of Tongo inUpper East region | |
| Coordinates:10°43′N0°48′W / 10.717°N 0.800°W /10.717; -0.800 | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Upper East Region |
| District | Talensi |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | — |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Tongo is a small town near the Upper East region capital ofBolgatanga, and Tongo is the capital ofTalensi-Nabdam District in theUpper East Region of Northern part ofGhana. Tongo is known for the "Tengzug shrine", and for itssowing andharvest festivals.[1]
Another visitor's sight in the town is the Tongo Whistling Rocks. Located 10 kilometers (6 mi.) from Bolgatanga, thesegranite rocks jut dramatically from the terrain. The rocks also make a strange whistling sound during November and December, when theharmattan wind blow the Sahara throughout the Northern Region.[1]
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