Western North Region
The Western North region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in 2019. The region is bounded by the Ivory Coast on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions in the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Ghana with 928,000 residents
- Description: administrative region in Ghana
- Also known as: “W/N R” and “Western North”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Juaboso District.
Juaboso District
Government office
Juaboso District is one of the nine districts in Western North Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Juaboso-Bodi District in August 2004, which was created from the former Sefwi-Bibiani District Council, until the southeast part of the district was split off to create Bodi District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Juaboso District. Juaboso District is situated 5 km northwest of Western North Region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Juaboso.
Juaboso
Village
Juaboso is a small town and is the capital of Juabeso district, a district in the Western North Region of Ghana. Juaboso is situated 5 km northwest of Western North Region.
Western North Region
- Location: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Western North Region” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Atɔeɛ Atifi Mantam”
- Akan: “W/N R”
- Chinese: “西北區 (加納)”
- Chinese: “西北大區”
- Dagbani: “Western North Region”
- Danish: “Western North (region)”
- Danish: “Western North”
- Finnish: “Western North”
- French: “Région du Nord Ouest”
- French: “W/N R ouest nord”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის რეგიონი”
- German: “Western North Region”
- German: “Westliche Nordregion”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “W/N R”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Western North Region”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Western North”
- Hausa: “W/N R yamma arewa”
- Hausa: “Yankin arewa maso yamma”
- Igbo: “W/N R”
- Igbo: “Western North Region”
- Igbo: “Western North”
- Italian: “Regione Nordoccidentale”
- Japanese: “ウェスタン・ノース州”
- Korean: “웨스턴노스주”
- Kusaal: “Western North Region”
- Mossi: “Western North Region”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “W/N R”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Western North Region”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Western North”
- Persian: “منطقه شمال غربی”
- Persian: “ناحیه شمال غربی”
- Polish: “Region Zachodnio-Północny”
- Russian: “Северо-Западная область (Гана)”
- Russian: “Северо-Западная область”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna severna regija”
- Spanish: “Región Norte Occidental”
- Spanish: “Región Occidental Norte”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kaskazini Magharibi”
- Twi: “Western North Region”
- Yoruba: “W / N R oorun ariwa”
- Yoruba: “Western North Region”
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