Lawra Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in

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 ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger

Lawra District Lawra Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the s ...

in 1988; until the northern part of the district was later split off to create

Nandom District Nandom Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Lawra/Nandom District in 1988; until the northern part of the district was later split off to create Nandom D ...

on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been remain as

, which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 15 March 2018 to become Lawra Municipal District. The municipality is located in the northwest part of Upper West Region and has

Lawra Lawra is a small town and is the capital of Lawra district, a district in the Upper West Region of Ghana.Lawra ...

as its capital town.

Geography and climate

Geography

Lawra District lies in the North Western corner of the Upper West Region between Longitudes 2°25"W and 2°45"W and Latitudes 10°20"N and 11°00"N. It is bounded to the East and South by 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 Distr ...

and

Lambussie-Karni District Lambussie Karni District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Jirapa/Lambussie District Jirapa/Lambussie District is a former district that was located in Upper West Regi ...

. The total area of the District as at 2014 (GSS, 2012) is estimated to be 483.6 square kilometres. This constitutes about 2.6% of the Region's total area, which is estimated at 18,476 square kilometres. This follows the splitting of Nandom in 2012 as its own district.

Sources

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GhanaDistricts.com

References

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