Hamile is a village in the

Jirapa/Lambussie district Jirapa/Lambussie District is a former district that was located in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 29 February 2008, it was split off into two new districts: Jirapa Municipal Dist ...

, a district in the far northwestern

Upper West Region The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana 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 set ...

of north

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, close to the

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with

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

Transport

In July 2007, contracts were made for the construction of a railway extension in the village of Hamile. There is a 88.5km highway from Wa-Hamile.

Facilities

* Hamile Border Post * Hamile Truck Park

References

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External links

* http://www.hamile.rhade.de/ Partnership-Website with Dorsten-Rhade in Germany Populated places in the Upper West Region