Traditional rulers of all Tongu communities in the Volta Region have inaugurated a unitary traditional state called the Tongu Chiefs Union. The new union is made up of various traditional rulers of some 13 traditional areas that form the people of Tongu in the region. Tongu means the bank of a water body. The people of the Tongu enclave are commonly found along the Volta Lake. Administratively, the areas are the North, Central, and South Tongu districts.