Upper East Region
The Upper East Region is located in the northern part of Ghana and it is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers, or 2.7% of the total land area of Ghana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Ghana with 948,000 residents
- Description: administrative region in Ghana
- Also known as: “GH-UE”, “UE”, “UER”, and “Upper Region”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Well of Hope and Bolgatanga East District.
Well of Hope
Historic site
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Well of Hope is a historic site, which is situated 5 km northwest of Upper East Region.
Bolgatanga East District
Government office
Bolgatanga East District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Bolgatanga District in 1988; until the eastern part of the district was later split off to create Bolgatanga East District… Bolgatanga East District is situated 7 km northwest of Upper East Region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tongo and Zuarungu.
Tongo
Village
Tongo is a small town near the Upper East region capital of Bolgatanga, and Tongo is the capital of Talensi-Nabdam District in the Upper East Region of Northern part of Ghana. Tongo is situated 7 km southwest of Upper East Region.
Zuarungu
Village
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Zuarungu is a town in the Upper East Region of Ghana east of Bolgatanga. The town is the capital of the Bolgatanga East District. The people living in Zuarungu are part of the Frafra tribe. Frafra and English are commonly spoken. Zuarungu is situated 7 km northwest of Upper East Region.
Upper East Region
- Location: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Upper East Region” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Atifi Apueeɛ Mantam”
- Arabic: “إقليم الشرق الأعلى”
- Arabic: “منطقة الشرق الأعلى”
- Armenian: “Վերին Արևելյան շրջան”
- Belarusian: “Верхні ўсходні рэгіён”
- Bengali: “আপার ইস্ট অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Upper East”
- Bulgarian: “Горноизточен регион”
- Catalan: “regió Superior Oriental”
- Catalan: “Regió Superior Oriental”
- Cebuano: “Upper East Region”
- Chinese: “上東部大區”
- Chinese: “东北地区”
- Chinese: “東北地區”
- Dagbani: “Upper East Region”
- Danish: “Upper East”
- Dutch: “Upper East Region”
- Dutch: “Upper East”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Supro”
- Farefare: “Upper East Region”
- Finnish: “Upper East Ghana”
- French: “Haut Ghana oriental”
- French: “Région du Haut Ghana oriental”
- Galician: “rexión Superior Oriental”
- German: “GH-UE”
- German: “UER”
- German: “Upper East Region”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “UER”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Upper East Region”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Απώτερης Ανατολής”
- Gujarati: “અપર પૂર્વ પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Yankin Upper East”
- Hindi: “ऊपरी पूर्वी क्षेत्र”
- Igbo: “UER”
- Igbo: “Upper East Region”
- Indonesian: “Region Upper East”
- Italian: “Regione Nord Orientale”
- Italian: “Regione Orientale Superiore”
- Japanese: “アッパー・イースト州”
- Kannada: “ಅಪ್ಪರ್ ಈಸ್ಟ್ ರೀಜನ್”
- Korean: “북동부 주”
- Korean: “어퍼이스트주”
- Kusaal: “Upper East Region”
- Latvian: “Austrumaugšējais reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštutinis Rytų regionas”
- Malay: “Upper East Region”
- Marathi: “अप्पर ईस्ट प्रदेश”
- Mingrelian: “ჟიმოლენი ბჟაეიოლი რეგიონი”
- Mossi: “Upper East Region”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Upper East Region”
- Northern Frisian: “Upper East”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Upper East Region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Upper East”
- Norwegian: “Upper East”
- Persian: “منطقه شرق علیا”
- Polish: “Górny Region Wschodni”
- Polish: “Region Północno-Wschodni”
- Polish: “Region Upper East”
- Portuguese: “Alto Gana Oriental”
- Portuguese: “Alto Oriental”
- Portuguese: “Região Upper East”
- Portuguese: “Upper east”
- Portuguese: “Upper East”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Superioară de Est, Ghana”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Superioară de Est”
- Russian: “Верхний Восточный регион”
- Russian: “Верхняя Восточная область”
- Sinhala: “ඉහල නැගෙනහිර පළාත”
- Slovenian: “GH-UE”
- Slovenian: “Gornja vzhodna regija”
- Slovenian: “UER”
- Slovenian: “Upper East Region”
- South Azerbaijani: “یوخاری دوغو اوستانی”
- Southern Dagaare: “Ɔpa Isi Irigyiŋ”
- Southern Dagaare: “Upper East Region”
- Spanish: “Alta Ghana Oriental”
- Spanish: “Región Alta Oriental”
- Spanish: “Región Superior Este”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Mashariki ya Juu”
- Swedish: “Övre östra regionen”
- Tamil: “அப்பர் கிழக்கு பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Югары Көнчыгыш төбәге”
- Telugu: “అప్పర్ ఈస్ట్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “อัปเปอ อีส รีเจี้ยน”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Doğu Bölgesi”
- Twi: “Upper East Region”
- Ukrainian: “Верхній Східний Регіон”
- Urdu: “اپر ایسٹ ریجن”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Thượng Đông”
- Wu Chinese: “东北地区 (加纳)”
- Wu Chinese: “东北地区（加纳）”
- Yoruba: “Upper East Region”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yazore and Yazore Kpatia.
Notable Places Nearby
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