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.Photo: Wumbeidoo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nalerigu and Walewale.
Nalerigu
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Nalerigu is a town of 15,000 people in the Ghanaian Northern Plains. It is the traditional capital of the Mamprusi people, the seat of the Paramount Chief, the NaYiri.
Walewale
Walewale is a town and the capital of Mamprusi West Municipal in the North East Region of Ghana. The West Mamprusi Municipal is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies in Ghana, and forms part of the 6 MMDAs in the North East Region.
Nakpanduri
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Nakpanduri is a dramatic escarpment town in East Mamprusi Municipal in the Ghanaian Northern Plains of North East Region of Ghana. Perched on the Gambaga Escarpment close to the Togo border, it is famous for breathtaking cliff views, cool breezes, and its old German-British border history.
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Chereponi
Chereponi is the capital of Chereponi District in the North East Region of the Ghanaian Northern Plains. It sits on the Ghana-Togo border in the far northeast corner of the country, serving as a remote border market town for Chokosi, Konkomba, and Togolese traders.Bunkpurugu
Bunkpurugu is the capital of Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri District in the Ghanaian Northern Plains region of Ghana. It's a busy market town just west of the Togo border and just below the Gambaga Escarpment, serving Bimoba, Mamprusi, and Konkomba communities.Yunyoo
Yunyoo is the capital of Yunyoo-Nasuan District located in Northern Ghana in the North East Region of Ghana. It is a remote, quiet farming town northeast of Nalerigu, home to Konkomba communities and serving as a new district capital.North East Region
- Type: region of Ghana with 590,000 residents
- Description: administrative region in Ghana
- Also known as: “North East” and “North East Region, Ghana”
- Neighbors: Savannah Region, Upper East Region, and Upper West Region
- Location: Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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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”
- Dagbani: “ŋmampurigu yaɣili”
- Danish: “Nordøstregionen (Ghana)”
- Danish: “Nordøstregionen”
- Finnish: “North East”
- French: “Nord-Est”
- French: “Région Nord-Est”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთის რეგიონი”
- German: “North East Region”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “North East Region”
- Hausa: “Arewa maso gabas”
- Hausa: “North East Region”
- Igbo: “North East Region”
- Igbo: “North East”
- 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”
- Mossi: “North East”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “North East Region”
- Northern Frisian: “North East Regiuun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “North East Region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “North East”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “North East Region”
- 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”
- Slovenian: “Severovzhodna regija”
- Somali: “Gobolka Waqooyi Bari, Gaana”
- Spanish: “Región Noreste”
- Spanish: “Región Norte Oriental”
- Yoruba: “North East Region”
- Yoruba: “North East”
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