Savannah Region
The Savannah Region is one of the newest regions of Ghana and the largest region in the country. The creation of the Region follows presentation of a petition by the Gonja Traditional Council, led by the Yagbongwura Tumtumba Boresa Jakpa I.
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Savannah Region
- Type: region of Ghana with 653,000 residents
- Description: administrative region in Ghana
- Also known as: “Gonja asaase”, “Gonja land”, “Regija Savannah”, and “Zabaɣa nuu”
- Neighbors: North East Region and Upper West Region
- Location: Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
9.15° or 9° 9′ north
Longitude of center
-1.6° or 1° 36′ west
Population
653,000
Elevation
202 metres (663 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Savannah Region” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Savannah Mantam”
- Arabic: “منطقة السفانا”
- Chinese: “薩凡納大區”
- Dagbani: “Savana Region”
- Dagbani: “Savannah Region”
- Danish: “Savannah (region)”
- Danish: “Savannah”
- Finnish: “Savannah hallintoalue”
- Finnish: “Savannah”
- French: “Région des Savanes”
- French: “Savannah Region”
- Georgian: “სავანის რეგიონი (განა)”
- Georgian: “სავანის რეგიონი”
- German: “Savannah Region”
- German: “Savannen-Region”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Savannah Region”
- Hausa: “Yankin Savannah”
- Igbo: “Savannah Region”
- Indonesian: “Region Savannah”
- Italian: “Regione di Savannah”
- Japanese: “サバンナ州”
- Korean: “사바나주”
- Kusaal: “Savannah Region”
- Mossi: “Savannah Region”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Savannah Region”
- Northern Frisian: “Savannah Regiuun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Savannah (region)”
- Norwegian: “Savannah”
- Persian: “منطقه ساوانا”
- Persian: “ناحیه ساوانا”
- Polish: “Region Savannah”
- Russian: “Саванна”
- Slovenian: “Savannah Region”
- Southern Dagaare: “Savannah Region”
- Spanish: “Región de Sabana”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Savannah”
- Twi: “Savannah Region”
- Yoruba: “Savannah Region”
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