Sawla
Sawla is the capital of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in Ghanaian Northern Plains in the Savannah Region of Ghana. It is a busy road junction town where the Wa - Damongo - Tamale highway meets, making it the main transit hub for western Savannah.
- Type: Village with 10,600 residents
- Description: district capital in Savannah Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Sawla, Ghana”
Sawla
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District, Savannah Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.2727° or 9° 16′ 22″ north
Longitude
-2.4139° or 2° 24′ 50″ west
Population
10,600
Elevation
313 metres (1,027 feet)
Open location code
6CXV7HFP+3C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Twi—“Sawla” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sawla”
- Ga: “Sawla”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Sawla, Ghana”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Sawla”
- Hausa: “Sawla”
- Irish: “Sawla”
- Japanese: “サウラ”
- Kusaal: “Sawla”
- Southern Dagaare: “Northern Region”
- Southern Dagaare: “Sawla”
- Swedish: “Sawla”
- Twi: “Sawla”
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