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Walewale | |
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District Capital | |
.jpg) Walewale Community Information Center | |
  Walewale Location of Walewale in North East region | |
| Coordinates: 10°21′N 0°48′W / 10.350°N 0.800°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | North East region |
| District | West Mamprusi District |
| Elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | — |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Walewale is a town and the capital of Mamprusi West Municipal in the Northeast Region of Ghana.[1][2] It lies on the main road from Bolgatanga to Tamale, at the junction of the road west to Nalerigu, the capital of the newly created Northeast Region. It was founded by the Mamprusis. The language spoken by the people of Walewale is largely Mampruli, which is followed by kassim. The dominant religion is Islam but a lot of churches are emerged in recent times. Walewale prides itself of four standard banks which are; Ghana Commercial Bank, Agricultural Development Bank, Bangmarigu Community Bank and GN Bank which is currently defunct. The town has about ten standard guest houses with two five star hotels located along the main road leading to Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital. There are six fuel filling stations in the community, namely; Total Fuel Station, Nasona Fuel Station, Zen Fuel Station, Goil Fuel Station, and Petrosol, It also has a gas station located along the Nalerigu road.
Walewale has two radio stations, Eagle FM ,Wale FM running on the frequencies 94.1(MHz), 106.9 (MHz) which broadcasts in English and the local language; Mampruli. They also have radio sessions broadcast in Frafra and other local languages. The town is also one of the municipalities to have benefited from the Zongo Ministry's artificial pitches. This makes the community suitable in hosting any tournament in the newly created Northeast region.
Walewale can boast of its over 100-bed health facility that is enhanced with three ambulances. The town is also the central point of the Zipline drones used for medical purposes. The Zipline Medical drone Center is currently an operational drone center in Ghana and it is meant to serve all five northern Regions.[3]
Walewale's mosque, built in 1961 on the site of an earlier mud-and-stick mosque, is notable for its Moorish tower.[4]
References
- ^ West Mamprusi Municipal
- ^ "Man arrested for kidnapping 5-year-old girl at Walewale". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Kukua medical drone delivery centre to serve five Northern Regions - Bawumia". www.ghanaweb.com. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Philip Briggs, Bradt Ghana, 2010, p. 392.
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