The municipality is located in the eastern part of Upper East Region and has Bawku as its capital town.

[3] Both the Mamprusis and the Kusasis claim to be the first known settlers in the area.

There are however large immigrant populations from other locations in northern and southern Ghana as well as from Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo, Niger and Nigeria.

The major crops grown are millet, sorghum, maize, rice, groundnuts, leafy vegetables, pepper, watermelon, and onion.

Livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys etc.