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.
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Upper West Region
- Type: region of Ghana with 868,000 residents
- Description: administrative region in Ghana
- Also known as: “Alta Ghana Occidental”, “Alta Occidental”, “GH-UW”, “Gornja zahodna regija”, “Região Upper West”, “Upper Region”, “Upper west”, “UW/R”, “Wa”, “Wa Naa yiri”, “Wa Senior High Technical School”, “Wa west Irigyin”, and “アッパー・ウェスト州”
- Neighbors: North East Region, Savannah Region, and Upper East Region
- Location: Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
10.3333° or 10° 20′ north
Longitude of center
-2.25° or 2° 15′ west
Population
868,000
Elevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)
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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”
- 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: “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”
- Japanese: “アッパー・ウエスト州”
- Kannada: “ಅಪ್ಪರ್ ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ರೀಜನ್”
- Korean: “북서부 주”
- Korean: “어퍼웨스트주”
- Kusaal: “Upper West Region”
- 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”
- Norwegian: “Upper West”
- Persian: “منطقه غرب علیا”
- Polish: “Górny Region Zachodni”
- Polish: “Region Północno-Zachodni”
- Portuguese: “Alto Ocidental”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Superioară de Vest, Ghana”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Superioară de Vest”
- Russian: “Верхняя Западная область”
- Sinhala: “ඉහල බටහිර කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Upper West Region”
- Somali: “Gobolka Galbeedka Sare”
- South Azerbaijani: “یوخاری باتی اوستانی”
- Southern Dagaare: “Ɔpa Wɛse Irigyin”
- Southern Dagaare: “Upper West Region”
- 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): “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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