Upper West Region

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The Upper West Region is a predominantly rural administrative region in northwestern Ghana, known for its savannah landscapes, traditional architecture, and cultural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Upper West Region canonical 33

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of Ghana ⓘ
administrativeType first-level administrative division ⓘ
borders Burkina Faso ⓘ
Northern Region ⓘ
Upper East Region ⓘ
capital Wa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf Ghana ⓘ
governedBy Regional Coordinating Council ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing Hamile border with Burkina Faso ⓘ
hasCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savannah climate ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction Wa Naa’s Palace ⓘ
traditional mud architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalFestival Kobine Festival ⓘ
Paragbiele Festival ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity groundnut farming ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
sheabutter production ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Dagaaba ⓘ
Frafra ⓘ
Sissala ⓘ
Wala ⓘ
hasLandscape savannah ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Regional Minister ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Traditional African religion ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasRoadNetworkConnection Wa–Kumasi road ⓘ
hasSettlement Hamile ⓘ
Jirapa ⓘ
Lawra ⓘ
Nandom ⓘ
Tumu ⓘ
Wa ⓘ
hasVegetationZone Guinea savannah ⓘ
Sudan savannah ⓘ
linked to: Sudan savanna
knownFor cultural heritage ⓘ
savannah landscapes ⓘ
traditional architecture ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Ghana ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
partOf Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana
regionalCapital Wa ⓘ
usesUtcOffset +0 ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

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

Ghana → hasAdministrativeDivision → Upper West Region ⓘ
Northern Region → borderedBy → Upper West Region ⓘ
Upper East Region → bordersRegion → Upper West Region ⓘ
Ghana Police Service → operatesIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Ghana National Fire Service → regionServed → Upper West Region ⓘ
Gwollu Slave Defence Wall → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Wa → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Wa → isRegionalCapitalOf → Upper West Region ⓘ
Wa → regionalCapitalOf → Upper West Region ⓘ
Wa → isServiceCenterFor → Upper West Region ⓘ
Tumu → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Tumu → countrySubdivision → Upper West Region ⓘ
Lawra → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Lawra → hasCountrySubdivision → Upper West Region ⓘ
Nandom → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Upper West Region ⓘ
Nandom → hasCountrySubdivision → Upper West Region ⓘ
Hamile → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Sissala → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Wala → primaryRegion → Upper West Region ⓘ
Wa Naa’s Palace → locatedInRegion → Upper West Region ⓘ
Regional Coordinating Council (Upper West Region) → regionServed → Upper West Region ⓘ
subject linked to: Regional Coordinating Council
Regional Coordinating Council (Upper West Region) → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
subject linked to: Regional Coordinating Council
Wa–Kumasi road → passesThrough → Upper West Region ⓘ
Wa–Kumasi road → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Kobine Festival → region → Upper West Region ⓘ
Paragbiele Festival → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Jirapa → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Jirapa → countrySubdivision → Upper West Region ⓘ
Savannah Region → borderedBy → Upper West Region ⓘ
Gwollu → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Sissala West District → locatedIn → Upper West Region ⓘ
Sissala West District → partOf → Upper West Region ⓘ