Sissala West District
Sissala West District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Sissala District in 1988; until the western part of the district was later split off to create Sissala West District in July 2004; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Sissala East District.- Type: district of Ghana
- Description: district of Ghana
- Also known as: “Gwolu” and “Sissala West”
Sissala West District
Latitude
10.8077° or 10° 48′ 28″ north
Longitude
-2.2785° or 2° 16′ 43″ west
Elevation
284 metres (932 feet)
Open location code
7C2VRP5C+3H
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Sissala West District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sissala West”
- Dutch: “Sissala West District”
- French: “Sissala ouest”
- German: “Sissala West District”
- Hausa: “Sissala West District”
- Igbo: “Gwolu”
- Igbo: “Sissala West District”
- Italian: “distretto di Sissala Ovest”
- Italian: “Distretto di Sissala Ovest”
- Portuguese: “Sissala Ocidental”
- Southern Dagaare: “Gwolu”
- Southern Dagaare: “Sissala West Desekyere”
- Spanish: “Sissala Oeste”
- Swedish: “Sissala West”
- Yoruba: “Sissala West District”
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