Lawra District
Lawra District | |
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country | Ghana |
region | Upper West Region |
Capital | Lavra |
District shape | Usually |
District Chief Executive | George Yasaame Sulley |
surface | 1051 km² |
population | 85,000 (2002) |
Population density | 81 Ew. / km² |
ISO 3166-2 | GH-UW-LA |
The Lawra District in northwest Ghana is the smallest of eight districts in the Upper West Region and shares a common body with neighboring Burkina Faso both in the west and in the north . The district is home to two paramouncies, areas of traditional authorities, Lawra and Nandom.
Ethnic structure
Sisaala- and Dagaara-speaking groups can be found within the district, between which there have been significant conflicts over land rights in the past. The Sisaala-speaking population belongs to the Paramouncy Lambussie, the Dagara to Nandom.
More important localities
Only three villages in the district, Lawra, Babile and Nandom, have an urban character, i.e. more than 5000 inhabitants.
- Lavra
- Babile
- Nandom
- Boo
- Doweni
- Bu
- Nabugangn
- Kunyukuo
- Puffies Baagangn
- Brutu
- Lissa
- Eremon Zinpen
- Tantuo
- Kogle
- Naapaal
- Eremon Yagra Ku-Ongzigre
- Tome Kokoduor
- Kentuo
- Munyopele
- Eremon-Kuo-Ang (Naburanye).
See also
Personalities
- Richard Baawobr MAfr (* 1959), Superior General of the White Fathers