Lawra District

Lawra District
District
Districts of Upper West region
Lawra District Lawra District in Upper West region
Coordinates: 10°30′N 2°35′W / 10.500°N 2.583°W / 10.500; -2.583
Region	Upper West Region
Capital	Lawra
Government
• District executive	George Yasaame Sulley
Area
• Total	509 km² (197 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	—
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	GMT (UTC)
ISO 3166 code	GH-UW-LA

The Lawra District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper West Region of north Ghana. Its capital is Lawra.

Governance

Lawra District is one of the nine Districts that make up the Upper West Region and derives its legal existence from Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1434 of 1988.

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 and Lambussie-Karni District. 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

"Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
GhanaDistricts.com

Districts and Capitals of the Upper West Region of Ghana

Municipal	Wa Municipal (Capital: Wa)

District	Jirapa/Lambussie (Capital: Jirapa) Lambussie Karni (Capital: Lambussie) Lawra (Capital: Lawra) Nadowli (Capital: Nadowli) Sissala East (Capital: Tumu) Sissala West (Capital: Gwollu) Wa East (Capital: Funsi) Wa West (Capital: Wechiau)

Coordinates: 10°30′N 2°35′W / 10.500°N 2.583°W / 10.500; -2.583

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