Upper West Region
The Upper West Region is a region in the Ghanaian Northern Plains. It is one of Ghana's northernmost regions and shares an international border with Burkina Faso.Photo: Jamiyu019, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Wa and Nandom.
Wa
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Wa is a town and the capital of the Wa Metropolitan Assembly and the Upper West Region of Ghana. It has a population of 200,672 people according to the 2021 census.
Nandom
Nandom is a historic border town in the Northern Plains of Ghana. It is celebrated for its deep Catholic missionary history, master musical craftsmen, and rich Dagara cultural heritage.Hamile
Hamile is a town in the Ghanaian Northern Plains on the international border with Burkina Faso.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Lawra and Jirapa.
Lawra
Lawra is a small town and is the capital of Lawra district, a district in the Upper West Region of Ghana.Jirapa
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Jirapa is the capital of the Jirapa Municipal District in the Ghanaian Northern Plains. It is around the border of Lawra and Nadoli districts. It has two main seasons; the dry season and the rainy season.
Upper West Region
- Type: region of Ghana with 868,000 residents
- Description: administrative region in Ghana
- Also known as: “Upper Region”
- Neighbors: North East Region, Savannah Region, and Upper East Region
- Location: Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Upper West Region” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Atifi atɔeɛ mantam”
- Arabic: “الإقليم الغربي الأعلى”
- Armenian: “Վերին Արևմտյան շրջան”
- Belarusian: “Верхні заходні рэгіён”
- Bengali: “উপের ওয়েস্ট অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Upper West”
- Bulgarian: “Горнозападен регион”
- Catalan: “Regió Superior Occidental”
- Cebuano: “Upper West Region”
- Chinese: “上西部大區”
- Chinese: “西北地区”
- Chinese: “西北地區”
- Dagbani: “Upper West Region”
- Danish: “Upper West”
- Dutch: “Upper West Region”
- Dutch: “Upper West”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Supro”
- Farefare: “Upper West Region”
- Finnish: “Upper West Ghana”
- French: “Haut Ghana occidental”
- French: “Région du Haut Ghana occidental”
- Galician: “Rexión Alta Occidental”
- Georgian: “ზემო დასავლეთის რეგიონი”
- German: “GH-UW”
- German: “Upper West Region”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Upper West Region”
- Greek: “Άπερ Γουέστ”
- Gujarati: “અપર પશ્ચિમ પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Yankin Upper West”
- Hindi: “ऊपरी पश्चिम क्षेत्र”
- Igbo: “Upper West Region”
- Indonesian: “Region Upper West”
- Italian: “regione Occidentale Superiore”
- Italian: “Regione Occidentale Superiore”
- Italian: “Upper West Region”
- Japanese: “アッパー・ウェスト州”
- Japanese: “アッパー・ウエスト州”
- Kannada: “ಅಪ್ಪರ್ ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ರೀಜನ್”
- Korean: “북서부 주”
- Korean: “어퍼웨스트주”
- Kusaal: “Upper West Region”
- Kusaal: “Wa”
- Latvian: “Rietumaugšējais reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštutinis Vakarų regionas”
- Malay: “Upper West Region”
- Marathi: “अप्पर वेस्ट प्रदेश”
- Mingrelian: “ჟიმოლენი ბჟადალი რეგიონი”
- Mossi: “Upper West Region”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Upper West Region”
- Northern Frisian: “Upper West”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Upper West Region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Upper West”
- Norwegian: “Upper West”
- Persian: “منطقه غرب علیا”
- Polish: “Górny Region Zachodni”
- Polish: “Region Północno-Zachodni”
- Polish: “Region Upper West”
- Portuguese: “Alto Ocidental”
- Portuguese: “Região Upper West”
- Portuguese: “Upper west”
- Portuguese: “Upper West”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Superioară de Vest, Ghana”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Superioară de Vest”
- Russian: “Верхняя Западная область”
- Sinhala: “ඉහල බටහිර කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “GH-UW”
- Slovenian: “Gornja zahodna regija”
- Slovenian: “Upper West Region”
- Somali: “Gobolka Galbeedka Sare”
- South Azerbaijani: “یوخاری باتی اوستانی”
- Southern Dagaare: “Ɔpa Wɛse Irigyin”
- Southern Dagaare: “Upper West Region”
- Southern Dagaare: “Wa Naa yiri”
- Southern Dagaare: “Wa Senior High Technical School”
- Southern Dagaare: “Wa west Irigyin”
- Southern Dagaare: “Wa”
- Spanish: “Alta Ghana Occidental”
- Spanish: “Alta Occidental”
- Spanish: “Región Alta Occidental”
- Spanish: “Región Superior Oeste”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Magharibi ya Juu”
- Swedish: “Övre västra regionen”
- Tamil: “அப்பர் மேற்கு பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Югары Көнбатыш төбәге”
- Telugu: “అప్పర్ వెస్ట్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “อัพเปอร์ เวสต์”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Batı Bölgesi”
- Twi: “Upper West Region”
- Ukrainian: “Верхній Західний регіон”
- Urdu: “اپر ویسٹ ریجن”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Thượng Tây”
- Wali (Ghana): “UW/R”
- Wali (Ghana): “Wa-Naa Paalʋʋ”
- Western Armenian: “Վերին Արեւմտեան շրջան”
- Wu Chinese: “西北地区 (加纳)”
- Wu Chinese: “西北地区（加纳）”
- Yoruba: “Upper West Region”
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