Ghana
Upper West Region
Jirapa/Lambussie District

Jirapa

Jirapa is the capital town of the Jirapa Municipal in the of . Jirapa has about 91,300 residents.
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  • Type: Town with 91,300 residents
  • Description: town in Upper West Region, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Jirapa, Ghana”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jirapa Municipal District.

Government office
is one of the eleven districts in the . Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger in 1988; until the northern part of the district was later split off to create…

Jirapa

Latitude
10.5366° or 10° 32′ 12″ north
Longitude
-2.7009° or 2° 42′ 3″ west
Population
91,300
Elevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)
Open location code
7C2VG7PX+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1865363312
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2300068
Wiki­data ID
Q6202983
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Jirapa” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Jirapa”
  • Dutch: “Jirapa”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Jirapa”
  • Hausa: “Jirapa”
  • Kusaal: “Jirapa”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Gyerɛbaa”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Jirapa”
  • Swedish: “Jirapa”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jirapa Post Office and Saint Joseph Catholic Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jirapa”. Photo: Jan Baudisch, CC BY-SA 4.0.