Tamale
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- proper noun
- So I went to Tamale, Ghana, expecting to see one of the largest moves of God on the planet.
- Tamale in the Northern Region
Examples
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North of Tamale, Bolgatanga is the capital city of the Upper East Region of Ghana.
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Tamale Regional Hospital must have been an impressive building with modern medical facilities when it opened in 1974.
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But as soon as he got off the plane, Daniel was told that the King of Tamale wanted to meet him in person.
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The capital of the Northern Region is Tamale.
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There is a regional hospital in Tamale, but five northern districts are without local hospital services.
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Tamale is in the north of Ghana, not very far from Burkina Faso.
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Walewale Hospital, a busy district-level center northeast of Tamale, is run single-handedly by Dr. Kofi Issah.
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In this area, the temperature fluctuations are very low, and the relative humidity values are high during the year (in the case of the northern location, Tamale, relative humidity values are a bit lower).
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As mentioned in previous sections, there is a climatic gradient in Ghana from tropical to subtropical conditions, from south to north, and Tamale is the northernmost location of the four.
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Daniel was told that the King of Tamale wanted to meet him in person after he got off the plane.
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Etymology
Tamale is the name of a city in northern Ghana and comes from the local languages of that area, such as Dagbani. A helpful way to remember Tamale is to think of it as the big northern 'capital' and center of the region, so the name points to the city's role as an important town.