Upper West Region of Ghana

E771478
administrative region region of Ghana

The Upper West Region of Ghana is a predominantly rural administrative region in the country’s far northwest, known for its savannah landscapes, diverse ethnic communities, and historical role in trans-Saharan trade routes.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper West Region of Ghana canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of Ghana ⓘ
administrativeHead Regional Minister of Upper West Region ⓘ
bordersCountry Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersRegion Northern Region of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper East Region of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Wa NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
climate tropical savannah climate ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeObserved no ⓘ
economyBasedOn subsistence agriculture ⓘ
governedBy Upper West Regional Coordinating Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCity Wa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTown Jirapa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nandom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tumu NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole node on trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
knownFor diverse ethnic communities ⓘ
historical role in trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
savannah landscapes ⓘ
livestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern Ghana ⓘ
mainCrops cowpea ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yam ⓘ
majorEthnicGroups Dagaaba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sissala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wala NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLanguages Dagaare ⓘ
Sissali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wali ⓘ
nationalSubdivisionType first-level administrative division of Ghana ⓘ
partOf Republic of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionalCapital Wa NERFINISHED ⓘ
religions Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
terrain savannah ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Wa Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Territories of the Gold Coast → successor → Upper West Region of Ghana ⓘ
Sisaala language → region → Upper West Region of Ghana ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana → borders → Upper West Region of Ghana ⓘ