Upper West Region

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Upper West Region
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country GhanaGhana Ghana
Capital Wa
District number 11
surface 18,476 km²
population 849,100 (2019)
Population density 46 Ew. / km²
ISO 3166-2 GH-UW

The Upper West Region ( Eng. "Upper West Region") is a region of Ghana with the capital Wa .

geography

The region is located in the northwest of the country and is bordered by Burkina Faso to the north and west , the Savannah region to the south and the North East region and the Upper East region to the east .

Population development

Census year population
1960 288,706
1970 319.865
1984 438.008
2000 576,583
2010 702.110

Administrative structure

Districts of the Upper West Region (2012)

The region is divided into eleven districts :

District main place
Daffiama Bussie Issa Issa
Jirapa Municipal Jirapa
Lambussie Karni Lambussie
Lawra Municipal Lavra
Nadowli Kaleo Nadowli
Nandom Nandom
Sissala East Municipal Tumu
Sissala West Gwollu
Wa East Funsi
Wa Municipal Wa
Wa West Softiau

Web links

Commons : Upper West Region  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2010 Population & Housing Census. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 12, 2018 ; accessed on September 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ District list on ghanadistricts.gov.gh, accessed December 18, 2019