Bawku
Bawku is a major border town and capital of Bawku Municipal in the Upper East Region of Ghana, on the border with Burkina Faso and near Togo. It is a busy cross-border trading town in the White Volta lowlands of the Ghanaian Northern Plains.
- Town with about 61,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 230 metres (750 feet)
- Description: human settlement
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pusiga.
Pusiga
Village
Pusiga is a town in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Pusiga is situated 4½ km east of Bawku.
Bawku
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Latitude
11.0608° or 11° 3′ 39″ north
Longitude
-0.2423° or 0° 14′ 32″ west
Open location code
7C3X3Q65+83
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Bawku” goes by many names.
باوكوArabic
BawkuCebuano
BawkuCroatian
BawkuDagbani
BawkuDutch
باوكوEgyptian Arabic
BawkuFarefare
BawkuKusaal
БавкуMoksha
BawkuMossi
BawkuPolish
BawkuRomanian
БокуRussian
BawkuSouthern Dagaare
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