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Upper West Region
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Key facts
- Country
- Ghana
- Capital
- Wa
- Regional minister
- Charles Lwanga Puozuing
- Total
- 18,476 km (7,134 sq mi)
- Rank
- Ranked 7th
- Density
- 48.793/km (126.37/sq mi)
- Per capita
- $5,150
- Time zone
- GMT
- Area code
- 039
- Iso 3166 code
- GH-UW
- Hdi 2017
- 0.518 , low · 9th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Ghana
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Ghana
- Contains
- Nadowli-Kaleo District
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Wa
- Area
- 18476
- Shares border with
- Savannah Region
- Image
- Our building structures.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Upper West Region
- Commons category
- Upper West Region (Ghana)
- language used
- Southern Birifor
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Encyclopedic overview
The Upper West Region is a region of Ghana located in the northwestern corner of the country. It is bordered by the Upper East Region to the east, the Northern Region to the south, and the Centre-Ouest and Sud-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest settlement is Wa.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upper West Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.