
British Togoland inhabitants voted in favor of state union with the Gold Coast, and the Togo Ewe state was incorporated with Gold Coast. The native and dominant ethnic group, the Ewe people, were divided between the two Togos. On, a vote was conducted to decide the future disposition of British Togoland and French Togoland. The party was defeated in the May 1956 UN plebiscite in British Togoland, which resulted in the unification of British Trans-Volta Togoland with Gold Coast, which later became independent as Ghana. The Togoland Congress (TCP) was a political party formed in 1951 to campaign for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state. List of major hospitals in the Volta Region Other government run health facilities in the capital are the Ho Municipal Hospital and the Ho Polyclinic. The inception of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Ho has led to it being redesignated as the Ho Teaching Hospital in 2019. It is popularly referred to as Trafalgar. The Volta Regional Hospital is located at Ho. See also: List of hospitals in the Volta Region Wovenu Senior High Technical School, Tadzewu.Ve Community Senior High School (Ve Koloenu).Atiavi Senior High Technical School(Atiavi).Peki Senior High Technical School (Pestech).Social Welfare Vocational Training Centre (SWEVCO), HO.

Awudome Senior High School (AWUSCO), Tsito-Awudome.Adaklu Senior High School, (Adaklu Waya).Mafi Kumase Senior High Technical School.Klikor Senior High Technical School (KLISTECH).Keta Nursing and Midwifery Training College.Nurses' Training and Colleges of Education Evangelical Presbyterian University College.University of Health and Allied Sciences.Ghana Telecom University College (Now Ghana Communication Technology University).Four new constituencies were created by the Electoral Commission prior to the December 2012 parliamentary election, increasing the number of constituencies to 26. Previously Volta Region had 19 constituencies in the election in December 2000 and 24 constituencies in December 2004 parliamentary election. There are 18 constituencies in the region after the Oti Region was carved out of it. The following districts are now within the boundaries of the Oti Region which was formally created on 15 February 2019. Regional Commissioners and Ministers ĭistricts of the Volta Region Districts of the Volta Region Each district is run by a District Assembly.

The RCC is made up of the Volta Regional Minister who is the political head and his deputy as well as representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs, the District Chief Executives of the Volta region, the Presiding Members of the 12 Districts Assemblies and representatives of the various decentralized Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the Volta region. The Volta region is run by a Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and a District Assembly.

Other ethnicities include the Guan people (forming 9.2% of the population), the Akan people (8.5%), and the Gurma people (6.5% of the population). They consist of several sub groups such as the Anlo Ewe, Tongu Ewe, Wedome and Avenor Ewe. The native and largest ethnic group of the Volta Region (Togoland / British Togoland) are the Ewe people (68.5% of the population). It was administered as part of the Gold Coast by the British and later renamed Trans-Volta Togoland. The Volta region was formed by the state union of the former British Togoland which was part of the German protectorate of Togoland. Further information: British Togoland, French Togoland, German Togoland, and Togo
