Upper East Region

The Upper East Region is located in the northern part of , and it is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. Despite its relatively small size, the region holds an outsized significance in the nation's cultural heritage and historical narrative.
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  • Type: Town with 948,000 residents
  • Description: administrative region in Ghana
  • Also known as: “GH-UE”, “UE”, “UER”, and “Upper Region”

Upper East Region

Latitude
10.807° or 10° 48′ 25″ north
Longitude
-0.687° or 0° 41′ 13″ west
Population
948,000
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
7C2XR847+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2661484223
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2294291
Wiki­data ID
Q712828
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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: “Rannvro ar Reter Uhelañ”
  • 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”
  • Georgian: “ზემო აღმოსავლეთის რეგიონი”
  • German: “GH-UE”
  • German: “Obere Ostregion”
  • 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: “Верхний Восточный”
  • 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”
  • Ukrainian: “Верхня Східна”
  • 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”

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