Wa West 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 se ...

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

Wa District Wa Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. 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 pr ...

in 1988; until two parts of the district were later split off to create

Wa East District Wa East District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. 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) a ...

(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 same year to become

Wa Municipal District Wa Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. 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 pr ...

. The district assembly is located in the southern part of Upper West Region and has

Wechiau Wechiau is a small town and is the capital of Wa West district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. Wechiau has a stretch of the Black Volta and this is the home to a wild population of Hi ...

as its capital town.

Location

Wa West District shares boundaries with

Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Bole District in 1988, until the northern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyeku ...

to the South,

to the East,

Nadowli District Nadowli District is a former district that was located in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 28 June 2012, it was split off into two new districts: Nadowli-Kaleo District (capital: Nad ...

to the North, and to the West with Ivory Coast.

Sources

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Wa West District Assembly Official Website

References

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