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.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
- Type: Town with 61,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement, border city, and locality
- Location: Bawku Municipal District, Upper East Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.0608° or 11° 3′ 39″ north
Longitude
-0.2423° or 0° 14′ 32″ west
Population
61,000
Elevation
228 metres (748 feet)
Open location code
7C3X3Q65+83
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Bawku” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باوكو”
- Cebuano: “Bawku”
- Croatian: “Bawku”
- Dagbani: “Bawku”
- Dutch: “Bawku”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باوكو”
- Farefare: “Bawku”
- Farefare: “Bɔkɔ”
- French: “Bawku”
- German: “Bawku”
- Hausa: “Bawku”
- Igbo: “Bawku”
- Irish: “Bawku”
- Italian: “Bawku”
- Japanese: “バウク”
- Kusaal: “Bawku”
- Moksha: “Бавку”
- Mossi: “Bawku”
- Polish: “Bawku”
- Portuguese: “Bawku”
- Romanian: “Bawku”
- Russian: “Боку”
- Southern Dagaare: “Bawku”
- Spanish: “Bawku”
- Swahili: “Bawku”
- Swedish: “Bawku”
- Turkish: “Bawku”
- Ukrainian: “Бавку”
- Vietnamese: “Bawku”
- Volapük: “Bawku”
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