Kingdom of Godenu
| Kingdom of Godenu | |
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Anthem: God Bless Our Homeland Ghana | |
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| Capital | Village of Godenu |
| Official languages | English, Ewe |
| Demonym | Godenuian |
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy |
• King of Godenu | Togbe Osei III, King of Godenu |
| Legislature | Council of Elders |
| Traditional Kingdom | |
• Constitutional Monarchy | 1947 |
• Affirmed by the Constitution of Ghana | 28 April 1992 |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.2 km2 (7.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2010 census | 13,000 |
| Currency | Ghana Cedi (GH₵) (GHS) |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
| Drives on the | right |
| Calling code | +233 |
| Internet TLD | .gh |
Contents
Religion
The 2010 Population and Housing Census indicate that Christians are 89.1 per cent of the population, followed by Islam 7.8 percent; Traditionalists 1.2 percent and other religions are less than one percent.[1]
Economy
The majority of the population in the Kingdom are engaged in petty trade, crop farming and livestock keeping. The 2010 Census shows that among the employed population 15 years and older, 31.0 percent are in the trading sector. All the industries, which are small scale, are owned and managed mainly by sole proprietors. The industrial activities in the Kingdom have been grouped under seven categories to facilitate identification of future prospects and promotional strategies:
- Agro-based: Fish processing, cassava processing and distilling, and coconut-oil extraction;
- Mining: Salt mining and sand winning;
- Wood-based: Carpentry, Plywood Processing;
- Textile: Kente Weaving, Tailoring/Dressmaking;
- Raffia Weaving: Raffia basket weaving
- Service: Hairdressing, Vehicle repair/fitting mechanics, Radio/TV mechanics, masonry;
- Ceramics: Pottery
Education
Among the married population, 14 percent have no education, 62.8 percent have basic education, 10.2 percent have secondary education, and the remaining 13.0 percent have relatively higher levels of education. Among the married males, lower proportions have no education (9.7%) and basic education (59.4%) than their female counterparts (17.7% and 65.8%, respectively). At higher levels of education, the proportions of males are higher than the proportions among females.
Among the never married population, 4.1 percent have no education, 66.0 percent have basic education, 21.8 percent have secondary education and the remaining 8.1 percent have higher levels of education. Among the never married, there is a slightly higher proportion of males (4.2%) than that of females (4.0%). The proportion of males with basic education is 65.2 percent compared with 67.0 percent of females; and males with secondary education are 22.6 percent compared with 20.8 percent of females. The proportion of males with higher levels of education is 8.0 percent compared with 8.2 percent of females.
Among the widowed, the proportion with no education is quite high (43.1%), among males, it is 25.0 percent and 46.1 among females. Among the separated and divorced, the proportions among females with no 29 education are higher (17.6% and 22.5%, respectively) than the proportions among males (9.8% and 10.1%, respectively).[2]
Internet Usage
About 5.1 percent of the population 12 years and older in the Kingdom use internet facilities as compared to 3.5 percent of the population in Volta region. A higher proportion among males (7.2%) use internet facility than the proportion among females (3.2%).
Ownership of Desktop/Laptop Computer
About 4.6 percent of households in the Kingdom have laptop/desktop computers; the proportion is higher than that of the region, 3.0 percent. The proportion of male-headed households that have desktop/laptop computers is 5.7 percent compared with 2.9 percent among female-headed households.
Types of Housing
The commonest type is compound house (47.3%), followed by separate house (39.2%), semi - detached house (6.8%), huts/ buildings (same compound) (2.9%) and flat /apartment (2.0%). Other dwelling units, such as, improvised homes, living quarters and tent, etc., are less than 1.0 percent each. About 49.0 percent of dwelling units of female-headed households are compound houses (rooms) compared with 45.6 percent of dwelling units of male–headed households. Higher proportions of dwelling units occupied by male-headed households are separate houses (40.3%) and semi-detached houses (7.0%) than the proportions of female-headed households (38.0% and 6.6%, respectively) in these types of dwelling units. [3]
Water
About 91.4 percent get drinking water from five sources, namely, pipe-borne outside dwelling (28.3%), public tap/standpipe (21.9%), river/stream (17.2%), pipe-borne inside dwelling (14.6%) and borehole/pump/tube well (9.4%).[4]
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References
- ↑ Ghana Statistical Service; Ministry of Health; UNICEF, Ghana and Macro International GSS, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006
- ↑ Ghana Statistical Service (2012); 2010 Population and Housing Census. Summary Report of Final Results. GSS, Accra
- ↑ Ghana Statistical Service, (2009); 2010 Population and Housing Census, Enumerator’s Manual.
- ↑ Volta Regional Analytical Report, Ghana Statistical Service 2013. Food and Agriculture Organisation, (FAO 2012)
