North East Region
The North East Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. It is located in the north of the country and was created in December 2018 after a referendum was voted upon to break it off of the Northern region. The region's capital is Nalerigu.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Nalerigu and Walewale.
Walewale
Walewale is a town and the capital of Mamprusi West Municipal in the North East Region of Ghana.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: Nakpanduri and Chereponi.
Bunkpurugu
Bunkpurugu is the capital of Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri…North East Region
- Type: region of Ghana with 590,000 residents
- Description: administrative region in Ghana
- Also known as: “Arewa maso gabas”, “Nord-Est”, “North East Region, Ghana”, “ŋmampurigu yaɣili”, and “Severovzhodna regija”
- Neighbors: Savannah Region, Upper East Region, and Upper West Region
- Location: Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
10.4° or 10° 24′ north
Longitude of center
-0.6° or 0° 36′ west
Population
590,000
Elevation
226 metres (741 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“North East Region” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Atifi apueɛ mantam”
- Chinese: “東北區 (加納)”
- Chinese: “東北大區”
- Dagbani: “North East Region”
- Danish: “Nordøstregionen (Ghana)”
- Danish: “Nordøstregionen”
- Finnish: “North East”
- French: “Région Nord-Est”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთის რეგიონი”
- German: “North East Region”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “North East Region”
- Hausa: “North East Region”
- Igbo: “North East Region”
- Indonesian: “Region North East, Ghana”
- Indonesian: “Region North East”
- Italian: “Regione Nord Est”
- Japanese: “ノース・イースト州”
- Korean: “노스이스트주”
- Kusaal: “North East Region”
- Mossi: “North East Region”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “North East Region”
- Northern Frisian: “North East Regiuun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “North East”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “North East”
- Norwegian: “North East”
- Persian: “منطقه شمال شرقی”
- Persian: “ناحیه شمال شرقی (غنا)”
- Polish: “Region Północno–Wschodni”
- Russian: “Северо-Восточная область”
- Slovenian: “North East Region”
- Somali: “Gobolka Waqooyi Bari, Gaana”
- Spanish: “Región Noreste”
- Spanish: “Región Norte Oriental”
- Yoruba: “North East Region”
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