West Africa
Ghana
Upper West Region

Wa West District

Wa West District is one of the eleven districts in , . Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Wa District in 1988; until two parts of the district were later split off to create and Wa West District…
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  • Type: Hamlet with 98,200 residents
  • Description: district of Ghana
  • Also known as: “Wa” and “Wa West”

Wa West District

Latitude
9.8986° or 9° 53′ 55″ north
Longitude
-2.6833° or 2° 40′ 60″ west
Population
98,200
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
Open location code
6CXVV8X8+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1824160969
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7647182
Wiki­data ID
Q1509306
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Wa West District” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wa West”
  • Dutch: “Wa West District”
  • French: “Wa ouest”
  • German: “Wa West District”
  • Hausa: “gundumar Wa West”
  • Igbo: “Wa West District”
  • Igbo: “Wa”
  • Italian: “distretto di Wa Ovest”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Wa Ovest”
  • Japanese: “ワ・ウエスト郡”
  • Portuguese: “Wa Ocidental”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Wa West Desekyere”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Wa”
  • Spanish: “Wa Oeste”
  • Swedish: “Wa West”
  • Wali (Ghana): “Wa West Dɩstrɩk”
  • Yoruba: “Wa West District”
  • Yoruba: “Wa West”

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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 “Wa West District”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.