{{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Kpando |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Town & District Capital |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Ghana<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Ghana <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px Ghana |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Volta Region |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Kpando Municipal District |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2012 |population_footnotes = |population_note =Ranked 54th in Ghana |population_total =28,334<ref name="World Gazetteer">{{cite web|url=http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |title=World Gazetteer online |publisher=World-gazetteer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111172126/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |archive-date=2012-01-11 }}</ref> |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = GMT |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = GMT |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|7|0|N|0|18|E|region:GH|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Kpando''' is a town and capital of Kpando Municipal District in the northern Volta Region of Ghana. It is near the north eastern arm of Lake Volta and the Togo border. Kpando is the fifty-fourth most populous place in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 28,334 people.<ref name="World Gazetteer"/> Kpando is connected by ferry and road to Gbefi, Hohoe, Ho and Dambai. It is about a 4-hour journey from Accra.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kpando|url=http://infokpando.blogspot.com/p/tourism.html|website=Volta Guide Service @ Kpando|publisher=Volta Guide Service|access-date=2018-04-19}}</ref> The Kpando Municipality is a district in the Volta Region, and one of the oldest administrative districts in Ghana.
==History==
The peoples of Kpando, also called the Akpini people, are Ewes believed to have been a part of the third wave of migrations from Notsé, while escaping from the rule of the tyrant Togbe Agorkoli about 450 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Volta Guide Service @ Kpando: History|url=http://infokpando.blogspot.com/p/tradition.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Volta Guide Service @ Kpando}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/season-of-promise/ |title=Unlocking the promise of Kpando, Ghana |date=April 29, 2015 |website=globalcitizen.org |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{GhanaLargestCities}} {{Ghana district capitals}} <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kpando.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/ |title=Ghana » Volta Region » Kpando Municipal |access-date=2014-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905070027/http://www.kpando.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/ |archive-date=2014-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Category:Populated places in the Volta Region
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