The N12 or National Highway 12 is a national highway in Ghana that begins at the Ghana -

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border in the Western Region of Ghana and travels generally north to

Hamile Hamile is a village in the Jirapa/Lambussie district, a district in the far northwestern Upper West Region of north Ghana, close to the border with Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no ...

on the Ghana - Burkina Faso border. Its total length is 670 kilometres.

Route

Major towns and cities along the route of the N12 include Enchi,

Goaso Goaso is a town and the capital of the newly created Ahafo Region of Ghana. Goaso doubles as the capital of Asunafo North Municipal District. It is located between three major towns; Mim, Kukuom and Hwidiem. Other surrounding towns include Ayum ...

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, Sunyani, Wenchi,

Bamboi Bamboi is a village in the Bole district, a district in the Northern Region of north Ghana. Bamboi is connected by road to the town of Sawla Sawla (also known as Felege Neway) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in Gofa Zone of the Southe ...

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, Wa and

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

Western Region

The N12 starts at Elubo, Jomoro District, where it forms a junction with N1 highway which forms part of the West African Highway. It heads northwards passing to the west of the

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and

Ankasa Conservation Area The Ankasa Conservation Area is an area in southwestern Ghana, in Ghana's Western Region, about 365 kilometres west of Accra near the border with Côte d'Ivoire. It incorporates the Nini Suhien National Park in the North, and the Ankasa Forest R ...

before heading past the east side of the Jema Asemkrom Forest Reserve. It continues northwards out of the region.

Western North Region

The N12 forms a junction with the R123 road just before it arrives at Enchi in the

Aowin District Aowin Municipal District is one of the nine districts in Western North Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Aowin/Suaman District in 1988, which was created from the former Aowin-Amenfi District Council, until a small ...

of the

Western North Region The Western North Region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in 2019. The region is bounded by the Ivory Coast ( Comoé District) on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions ...

. It continues in a north westerly direction passing through Dadieso. After Putsi, it travels eastward, passing through Helehele, Nkwanta to Buaku. It then turns northwards and heads out of the region.

Ahafo Region

After entering the Ahafo Region, the N12 passes through Sankore and meets the Goaso-Bibiani road. At this junction, it turns northwards, going through Nobekaw and then through

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, the capital of the

Asunafo South District Asunafo South District is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Asunafo District in 1988, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Ku ...

. It enters the

Asunafo North Municipal District Asunafo North Municipal District is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. It was formerly part of the then-larger Asunafo District from 1988 until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Ku ...

, passing through

the capital of Ahafo Region until Mim, where it has a junction with the Goaso Amasu road. It then heads in a north-easterly direction as the Sunyani-Mim road.

Bono Region

The Sunyani-Mim road continues until Sunyani in the

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, which is also the capital of the Bono Region. The N12 leaves the eastern side of Sunyani as the Sunyan-Wenchi road and then bends northwards to arrive at Wenchi in the

Wenchi Municipal District Wenchi Municipal District is one of the twelve districts in Bono Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Wenchi District, until the western part of the district was split off to create Tain ...

. It then continues northwards as the Wa-Bole road. It continues until Langoro where it crosses the

Black Volta The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta. The source of the Black Volta is in the Cascades Region of Burki ...

river into the

Savannah Region The Savannah Region is one of the newest regions of Ghana and yet the largest region in the country. The creation of the Region follows presentation of a petition by the Gonja Traditional Council, led by the Yagbonwura Tumtumba Boresa Jakpa I. ...

Savannah Region

In the Savannah Region, it starts off by passing through Bamboi in the

Bole District Bole District is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana.Bole District
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, heading north west to Bole before turning north to

, capital of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district. At Sawla, it has a junction with the

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which travels through

Larabanga Larabanga ( ar, لارابانجا) is a village in West Gonja district, a district in northwestern Northern Region of Ghana. It is known for its whitewashed adobe Sahelian mosque, said to date from 1421, and which, having been built at the heig ...

and Damongo to Fulfoso as well as the Sawla-Kalba road. It then continues through Tuna and finally Ga before leaving the region.

Upper West Region

The N12 enters Tanina in the

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 ...

before heading northwards to Wa, the capital of both the Wa Municipal District and the Upper West Region. The N18 highway from Wa to Heng branches off at Wa heading north. The N12 continues north west to

Nadowli Nadowli is a small town and is the capital of Nadowli district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea a ...

, capital of the Nadowli Kaleo district. It maintains the northwesterly course to

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

, capital of the Lawra Municipal district. The R132 branches north from Nadowli to

Nandom Nandom is the capital town of the Nandom Municipal of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Nandom town and the multiple villages that surround it to the north, south, east, and west are inhabited by Dagara people. The Dagara of the Nandom municipal a ...

, capital of the

Nandom Municipal 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 Di ...

. The N13 highway heads east from Lawra through Tumu to Navrongo. It then heads in a north easterly direction to Nandom. The N12 itself then turns north to

in the Jirapa/Lambussie District where the R131 heads east to Tumu. The N12 continues to the border with Burkina Faso.

Maintenance

The Black Volta bridge was closed in September 2018 for repairs as some defects were noticed at the time. In September 2020, work started on the section between Elubo and Enchi, a total of 71.25 kilometres which is expected to be completed after 42 months in 2024.

References

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External links

N12 on OpenStreetMap
Roads in Ghana