Janfaru
Janfaru is a hamlet in West Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region. Janfaru is situated nearby to the village Yipala, as well as near Nabori.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damongo and Larabanga.
Damongo
Photo: Enschiner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damongo is a town in the Ghanaian Northern Plains near Mole National Park, Ghana's largest and most famous wildlife refuge.
Larabanga
Town
Photo: Haruna Mohammed, Public domain.
Larabanga is a town in West Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of Ghana. It is known for its whitewashed adobe Sahelian mosque and it is called Larabanga Mosque, said to date from 1421, and which, having been built at the height of the trans-Saharan trade, is reputed to be Ghana's oldest mosque and houses a copy of the Qur'an almost as old. Larabanga is situated 9 km north of Janfaru.
Janfaru
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: West Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.14469° or 9° 8′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.83841° or 1° 50′ 18″ westOpen location code
6CXW45V6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 11217898333OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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