Karaga
Karaga is the capital of Karaga District in the Volta Basin region of Ghana. It’s a small, predominantly Dagomba farming town about 60km northeast of Tamale.- Type: Town with 15,600 residents
- Description: city and a capital of Karaga district in the Northern Region of Ghana
- Also known as: “Karaga, Ghana”
Karaga
- Category: locality
- Location: Karaga Municipal District, Northern Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.9268° or 9° 55′ 36″ northLongitude
-0.4317° or 0° 25′ 54″ westPopulation
15,600Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)Open location code
6CXXWHG9+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2270296210OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2299781Wikidata ID
Q15045734
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Twi—“Karaga” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Karaga”
- Dagbani: “Karaga”
- Dagbani: “Kariga,Ghana”
- Farefare: “Karaga”
- French: “Karaga”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Karaga”
- Hausa: “Karaga”
- Igbo: “Karaga”
- Kusaal: “Karaga”
- Southern Dagaare: “Karaga”
- Swedish: “Karaga”
- Twi: “Karaga”
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