Kakungu
Kakungu is a locality in Kassena-Nankana West District, Upper East Region. Kakungu is situated nearby to the locality Nania, as well as near Babili.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Navrongo Airport and Paga Crocodile Pond.
Navrongo Airport
Aerodrome
Paga Airport/Airstrip is an airstrip serving Paga and Navrongo, towns in Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. The airport was initially constructed to help land soldiers to defend the country's borders in case of attacks. Navrongo Airport is situated 3½ km southeast of Kakungu.
Paga Crocodile Pond
Pond
Photo: Dieu-Donné Gameli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paga Crocodile Pond is a sacred pond in Paga in the Upper East Region of Ghana, which is inhabited by West African crocodiles. Due to the friendliness of the reptiles, it has become popular among tourists and the pond is now reliant on tourism to ensure the population of crocodiles remain fed and healthy. Paga Crocodile Pond is situated 2½ km north of Kakungu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paga and Navrongo.
Paga
Photo: Dieu-Donné Gameli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paga is a town in Upper East Region of Ghana, lying north of Bolgatanga. Paga is the capital of Kassena Nankana West District, a district in the Upper East Region in the northern part of Ghana.
Navrongo
Town
Photo: Virtutepetens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Navrongo is a town and the capital of Kassena-Nankana Municipal District in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. Navrongo is situated 8 km south of Kakungu.
Kakungu
- Type: Locality
- Location: Kassena-Nankana West District, Upper East Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.96209° or 10° 57′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.10861° or 1° 6′ 31″ westElevation
228 metres (748 feet)Open location code
7C2WXV6R+RHGeoNames ID
13457427
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In Other Languages
“Kakungu” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Kakungu”
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