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Wa is a town and the capital of the Wa Municipal District and the Upper West Region of Ghana. [3] It has a population of 200,672 people according to the 2021 census. [4] [5]The town is a transportation hub for the Upper West region, with major roads leading north to Hamile, and northeast to Tumu and the Upper East Region.
Wa Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. [2] [3] Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Wa District, until two parts of the district were later split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor in July 2004 to create Wa East District (from the east) and Wa West District (from the west) respectively; thus ...
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana [6] and is bordered by Upper East Region to the east, Northern Region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest settlement is Wa.
Wa West District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. [2] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Wa District in 1988; until two parts of the district were later split off to create Wa East District (from the east) and Wa West District (from the west) respectively in July 2004; thus the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on the ...
Wa Naa's Palace is the home to the King of the Wala people who are said to be the majority in Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is located in the heart of the town and the home to the entire family, palace staff and officials of the kingdom. It is the place for cultural, political, religious and social importance for the local people.
They are ruled by their traditional ruler, the Wa-Na whose traditional residence is a mud-brick built palace in Wa. According to the 1921 census of Ghana the Wala numbered 16,905, although it is thought that that census missed some of the small villages in the Wa District. This meant that at the time they were outnumbered in Wa District by the ...
Wa Airport (IATA: WZA, ICAO: DGLW) is an airport serving Wa, a city in the Upper West Region of Ghana which is also its capital. [1] The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited . It is the fifth busiest commercial airport in Ghana with over 25,000 passengers passing through in 2022.
The Wa Technical University (formerly Wa Polytechnic) [1] is a public tertiary institution in the Upper West Region of Ghana. [2] Program run are: