Paga
Paga is a town in Upper East Region of Ghana, lying north of Bolgatanga. Paga is the capital of Kassena Nankana West District, a district in the Upper East Region in the northern part of Ghana.
- Type: Town
- Description: town and district capital in Upper East Region of Ghana
- Also known as: “Paga Kakungu” and “Poga”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Paga Crocodile Pond.
Paga
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kassena-Nankana West District, Upper East Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.97° or 10° 58′ 12″ north
Longitude
-1.1017° or 1° 6′ 6″ west
Elevation
208 metres (682 feet)
Open location code
7C2WXVCX+28
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Paga” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Paga”
- Dutch: “Paga”
- Fanti: “Paga”
- Farefare: “Paga”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Paga”
- Hausa: “Paga”
- Irish: “Paga”
- Japanese: “パガ”
- Polish: “Paga”
- Portuguese: “Paga”
- Swedish: “Paga”
- Turkish: “Paga”
- Twi: “Paga”
- Urdu: “پاگا”
- Yoruba: “Paga”
- “Paga”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kajelo and Dakola.
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Worth a closer look: Bolgatanga and Bawku.
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