West Gonja Municipal District
West Gonja Municipal Assembly is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 23 December 1988 when it was known as West Gonja District, until the southern part of the district was split off…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Ghana
- Description: district in Savannah Region
- Also known as: “Damongo” and “West Gonja”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damongo.
Damongo
Town
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Damongo is a town and the capital of West Gonja Municipal. It was declared the capital of the Savannah Region on 12 February 2019. Damongo is home to Bikunuto Jewu Soale I, the paramount chief of the Gonja Kingdom.
West Gonja Municipal District
- Location: Savannah Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“West Gonja Municipal District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Gonja”
- Dutch: “West Gonja District”
- French: “Gonja ouest”
- French: “Gonja Ouest”
- German: “West Gonja Municipal District”
- Hausa: “West Gonja Municipal District”
- Igbo: “Damongo”
- Igbo: “West Gonja Municipal District”
- Italian: “distretto di Gonja Ovest”
- Italian: “Distretto municipale di Gonja Ovest”
- Japanese: “西ゴンジャ郡”
- Japanese: “西ゴンジャ都市郡”
- Slovenian: “Občinski distrikt West Gonja”
- Slovenian: “West Gonja Municipal District”
- Southern Dagaare: “Damongo”
- Southern Dagaare: “West Gonja Munisipal Desekyere”
- Spanish: “West Gonja”
- Swedish: “West Gonja”
- Yoruba: “West Gonja Municipal District”
- Yoruba: “West Gonja”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Damongo Scarp Forest Reserve.
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