The Bolgatanga Regional Library is the main public library serving the Upper East Regional capital, Bolgatanga — the town Ghanaians fondly call "Bolga." It sits under the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), the state body that runs the country's network of public libraries, and it serves as the regional hub library for the Upper East Region, the way the regional libraries in Tamale, Ho, Koforidua, Cape Coast and Sekondi do for their own regions. Its core role is what you'd expect of a regional library: a lending and reference collection, reading rooms, and study space for students preparing for WASSCE, teacher-training and university exams. Bolga is home to the University for Development Studies' Wa campus catchment, Bolgatanga Technical University, and a large population of senior high schools, so the library matters enormously to students who have no quiet place to study at home. Regional libraries in Ghana also typically host Ghana Library Authority reading programmes, holiday reading clinics, and community literacy events. Bolgatanga itself is the capital of the Upper East Region, a hot, dry savannah town near the Burkina Faso border, famous for its straw baskets and the Bolga hat, its craft market, and the Paga crocodile ponds and slave-camp heritage site nearby. A regional library in that setting is more than books — it's often one of the few free, airy, quiet public spaces in town, and a base for adult literacy and ICT access. One honest note: I don't have a verified, up-to-date record of the library's current exact street address, opening hours, or staffing as of today, 15 October 2026 — those details change and I have no fresh source in front of me. If you need the precise location, current hours, or whether it's undergoing any renovation, tell me and I'll search deeper for you. If you're asking because you want to use it — for research, a school project, or to donate books — the surest route is the Ghana Library Authority (ghanalibrary.org) or the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council in Bolgatanga, who can confirm the current state of the facility. As we say in Akan, *"Nyansa nnwene kɔbere mu"* — wisdom isn't forged in brass; it's built in places like a library.