Walewale

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Walewale
District Capital
Walewale Location of Walewale in Northern region
Coordinates: 10°21′N 0°48′W / 10.350°N 0.800°W / 10.350; -0.800
Region	Northern Region
District	West Mamprusi District
Elevation	545 ft (166 m)
Population (2013)
• Total	—
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	GMT (UTC)

Walewale is a small town and the capital of West Mamprusi district in the Northern Region of Ghana.^[1] Walewale lies on the main road from Bolgatanga to Tamale, at the junction of the dirt road to the village of Nakpanduri.

Walewale's mosque, built in 1961 on the site of an earlier mud-and-stick mosque, is notable for its Moorish tower.^[2]

References

v t e Districts and Capitals of the Northern Region of Ghana

Metropolitan	Tamale Metropolitan (Capital: Tamale)

Municipal	Yendi Municipal (Capital: Yendi)

District	Bole (Capital: Bole) Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo (Capital: Bunkpurugu) Central Gonja (Capital: Buipe) Chereponi (Capital: Chereponi) East Gonja (Capital: Salaga) East Mamprusi (Capital: Gambaga) Gushegu (Capital: Gushegu) Kpandai (Capital: Kpandae) Karaga (Capital: Karaga) Nanumba North (Capital: Bimbilla) Nanumba South (Capital: Wulensi) Saboba Chereponi (Capital: Saboba) Savelugu-Nanton (Capital: Savelugu) Sawla-Tuna-Kalba (Capital: Sawla) Tolon-Kumbungu (Capital: Tolon) West Gonja (Capital: Damongo) West Mamprusi (Capital: Walewale) Zabzugu-Tatale (Capital: Zabzugu)

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