Northern Region

The Northern Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. It is situated in the northern part of the country and ranks as the second largest of the sixteen regions.
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  • Type: region of Ghana with 2,000,000 residents
  • Description: administrative region in Ghana
  • Also known as: N/R”, “Northern”, and “Northern Territories Region

Northern Region

Latitude
9.45° or 9° 27′ north
Longitude
-0.1° or 0° 6′ west
Population
2,000,000
Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)
Open location code
6CXXFW22+22
Geo­Names ID
2297169
Wiki­data ID
Q502215
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Yoruba—“Northern Region” goes by many names.
  • Akan: Atifi Mantam
  • Akan: N/R
  • Arabic: الإقليم الشمالي
  • Armenian: Հյուսիսային շրջան
  • Belarusian: Паўночны рэгіён
  • Bengali: নর্দান অঞ্চল
  • Breton: Northern
  • Breton: Rannvro an Norzh
  • Bulgarian: Северен регион
  • Catalan: regió Septentrional
  • Catalan: Regió Septentrional
  • Cebuano: Northern Region
  • Chinese: 北部地区
  • Chinese: 北部地區
  • Chinese: 北部大區
  • Czech: Severní kraj
  • Dagbani: Northern Region
  • Dagbani: Tudu polo
  • Dagbani: Tudu yaɣili
  • Danish: Northern
  • Dutch: Northern Region
  • Dutch: Northern
  • Esperanto: Norda Regiono
  • Farefare: Northern Region
  • Finnish: Northern Ghana
  • Finnish: Northernin hallintoalue
  • Finnish: Pohjois-Ghanan hallintoalue
  • French: Région du Nord
  • Galician: Rexión Norte
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის რეგიონი (განა)
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის რეგიონი
  • German: GH-NP
  • German: Northern Region (Ghana)
  • German: Northern Region
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Northern Region
  • Greek: Βόρεια Περιφέρεια, Γκανά
  • Gujarati: નોર્ધન પ્રદેશ
  • Hausa: N/R Arewa
  • Hausa: Yankin Arewaci
  • Hindi: उत्तरी प्रांत
  • Igbo: N/R Northern
  • Igbo: Northern Region
  • Indonesian: Region Northern
  • Italian: regione Settentrionale
  • Italian: Regione Settentrionale
  • Japanese: ノーザン州
  • Japanese: 北部州 (ガーナ)
  • Japanese: 北部州
  • Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 노던주
  • Korean: 북부 주
  • Korean: 북부주
  • Kusaal: Northern Region
  • Latvian: Ziemeļu reģions
  • Lithuanian: Šiaurės regionas
  • Malay: Northern Region
  • Marathi: उत्तर प्रदेश
  • Mingrelian: ოორუე რეგიონი
  • Mossi: Northern Region/Tamale
  • Mossi: Northern Region
  • Nigerian Pidgin: N/R Northern
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Northern Region
  • Northern Frisian: Northern
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Northern Region
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Northern
  • Norwegian: Northern
  • Persian: منطقه شمالی (غنا)
  • Persian: منطقه شمالی
  • Polish: Region Północny
  • Portuguese: Norte
  • Portuguese: Northern
  • Portuguese: Região Norte
  • Romanian: Regiunea de Nord, Ghana
  • Romanian: Regiunea de Nord
  • Russian: Северная область
  • Russian: Северный регион
  • Sinhala: උතුරු කලාපය
  • Slovenian: GH-NP
  • Slovenian: N/R
  • Slovenian: Northern Region
  • Slovenian: Northern
  • South Azerbaijani: قوزئی (غنا) اوستانی
  • South Azerbaijani: قوزئی اوستانی
  • Southern Dagaare: Northern Region
  • Spanish: Ghana Septentrional
  • Spanish: Region Norte
  • Spanish: Región Norte
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Kaskazini, Ghana
  • Swedish: Norra regionen (region i Ghana)
  • Swedish: Norra regionen
  • Tamil: வடக்கு பகுதி
  • Tatar: Төньяк төбәге
  • Telugu: ఉత్తర ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: นอร์ท เทิร์น รีเจี้ยน
  • Turkish: Kuzey Bölgesi
  • Twi: Atifi Mantam (Ghana)
  • Twi: Atifi Mantam
  • Ukrainian: Північна область
  • Urdu: شمالی ریجن
  • Urdu: شمالی علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Miền Nam
  • Wu Chinese: 北部地区 (加纳)
  • Wu Chinese: 北部地区(加纳)
  • Yoruba: N/R Àríwá
  • Yoruba: Northern Region

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