Western Region

The Western region, located in south , spreads from the in the west to the Central region in the east, includes the capital and large twin city of on the coast, coastal , and a hilly inland area including .
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  • Type: region of Ghana with 2,380,000 residents
  • Description: administrative region of Ghana
  • Also known as: Western Province

Western Region

Latitude
5.45° or 5° 27′ north
Longitude
-2.25° or 2° 15′ west
Population
2,380,000
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
6CQVFQ22+22
Geo­Names ID
2294076
Wiki­data ID
Q870155
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Yoruba—“Western Region” goes by many names.
  • Akan: Atɔeɛ mantam
  • Arabic: الإقليم الغربي
  • Armenian: Արևմտյան շրջան
  • Belarusian: Заходні рэгіён
  • Belarusian: Заходняя вобласць
  • Bengali: ওয়েস্টার্ন অঞ্চল
  • Breton: Western
  • Bulgarian: Западен регион
  • Catalan: regió Occidental
  • Catalan: Regió Occidental
  • Cebuano: Western Region
  • Chinese: 西部地区
  • Chinese: 西部地區
  • Chinese: 西部大區
  • Chinese: 西部省
  • Dagbani: Western Region
  • Danish: Western
  • Dutch: Western
  • Esperanto: Okcidenta Regiono
  • Finnish: Western Ghana
  • Finnish: Westernin maakunta
  • French: Région Occidentale
  • French: Western Region
  • Galician: rexión Occidental
  • Georgian: დასავლეთის რეგიონი (განა)
  • Georgian: დასავლეთის რეგიონი
  • German: GH-WP
  • German: Western Region
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Western Region
  • Greek: Δυτική Περιοχή, Γκάνα
  • Gujarati: પશ્ચિમી પ્રદેશ
  • Hausa: Yankin Yammaci, Ghana
  • Hebrew: מחוז המערב
  • Hindi: पश्चिमी क्षेत्र
  • Igbo: Western Region
  • Indonesian: Region Western
  • Italian: regione Occidentale
  • Italian: Regione Occidentale
  • Japanese: ウェスタン州
  • Japanese: 西部州 (ガーナ)
  • Japanese: 西部州
  • Kannada: ಪಾಶ್ಚಾತ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 서부 주
  • Korean: 서부주
  • Korean: 웨스턴주
  • Kusaal: Western Region
  • Latvian: Rietumu reģions
  • Lithuanian: Vakarų regionas
  • Malay: Western Region
  • Marathi: वेस्टर्न प्रदेश
  • Mingrelian: ბჟადალი რეგიონი
  • Mossi: Western Region
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Western Region
  • Northern Frisian: Western
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Western Region
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Western
  • Norwegian: Western
  • Persian: منطقه غربی (غنا)
  • Persian: منطقه غربی
  • Polish: Region Zachodni
  • Portuguese: Ocidental
  • Portuguese: Região Oeste
  • Portuguese: Western
  • Romanian: Regiunea de Vest, Ghana
  • Romanian: Regiunea de Vest
  • Russian: Западная область
  • Russian: Западный Регион
  • Sinhala: බස්නාහිර කලාපය
  • Slovenian: Zahodna regija
  • Southern Dagaare: Western irigyin
  • Southern Dagaare: Western Region
  • Southern Dagaare: Western
  • Spanish: Ghana Occidental
  • Spanish: Region Occidental
  • Spanish: Región Occidental
  • Spanish: Region Oeste
  • Spanish: Región Oeste
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Magharibi, Ghana
  • Swedish: Västra regionen
  • Tamil: மேற்கு பகுதி
  • Tatar: Көнбатыш төбәге
  • Telugu: పశ్చిమ ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: เวสเทิร์น รีเจี้ยน
  • Turkish: Batı Bölgesi
  • Twi: Atɔɛ Mantam
  • Ukrainian: Західна область (Гана)
  • Urdu: مغربی ریجن
  • Urdu: مغربی علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Phía Tây
  • Wu Chinese: 西部地区 (加纳)
  • Wu Chinese: 西部地区(加纳)
  • Yoruba: Western Region

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