Ho is the capital of the Volta Region and the commercial heart of the Ewe-speaking south-east, a bustling hill town in the Ho Municipal Assembly that sits between the Akuapem and the Volta ranges, roughly 160 km north-east of Accra on the Accra–Ho–Hohoe road. **A bit of history.** Ho grew out of a cluster of Ewe settlements — Bankoe, Ahoe, Dome, Heve and Anlokordzi — that were welded into one town over the 19th and 20th centuries. It was a German colonial station in Togoland from the 1880s, then passed to British administration after World War I when Togoland was split. When the Volta Region was carved out of the old Trans-Volta Togoland, Ho became its administrative capital, and it has remained the regional seat ever since — the home of the Volta Regional Coordinating Council, the Regional House of Chiefs, and the courts and ministries for the region. **The town today.** Ho is known for its cool, hilly setting, its wide market, and its role as an education and health hub for the Volta corridor. It hosts the Ho Teaching Hospital (formerly the Volta Regional Hospital), the Ho Technical University, and a cluster of senior high schools that draw students from across the region. The Ho Central Market is the trading spine of the town, and the surrounding districts — Adaklu, Agotime-Ziope, Ho West, Kpando, Hohoe — feed it with maize, cassava, yam, cocoa from the northern Volta fringes, and fish from the Volta Lake and the Keta lagoon system. **Culture and landmarks.** Ho is Ewe country, so expect Borborbor drumming and dance, Agbadza, and the Hogbetsotso festival — the great Anlo-Ewe exodus festival held at Anloga, which Ho people travel down to celebrate each November. Nearby you have Mount Adaklu, a striking peak and a favourite hike; the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary; Wli Waterfalls and the Agumatsa range further north; and the Keta and Ada coast to the south. The town's own landmarks include the Ho Central Mosque, the Roman Catholic Cathedral, and the various Ewe shrines and traditional stools of the Bankoe, Ahoe and Dome quarters. **Getting there and around.** Ho is on the main Accra–Hohoe–Kpando road, with tro-tros and STC buses running regularly from Accra's Tudu and Kaneshie stations — about three to four hours depending on traffic. The Ho Airport, opened in 2017, was built to serve the region but commercial flights have been intermittent; most travellers still come by road. **One thing worth knowing.** Ho is often called the "Volta Regional capital" and that's correct — but don't confuse it with Ho West District, which is a separate administrative area with its own capital at Dzolokpuita. And if you're asking because of the news this week about the Marine Police cannabis arrest in the Volta Region, that was a district-level operation, not a Ho town matter — Ho itself remains one of the calmer, greener regional capitals in Ghana. If you want, tell me what specifically you're after — history, travel, chiefs, schools, or the Ho Municipal Assembly — and I'll go deeper.