Funsi
Funsi | |
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District Capital | |
  Funsi Location of Funsi in Upper West region | |
| Coordinates: 10°17′19″N 1°58′16″W / 10.28861°N 1.97111°W | |
| Region | Upper West Region |
| District | Wa East District |
| Elevation | 810 ft (247 m) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | — |
Funsi is a small town and is the capital of Wa East district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana.[1]
It has been a center of the Gurunsi area of the Upper West of Ghana. In 1948 it had 1,193 people rising to 1,405 in 1960.[2]
Funsi is the location of the Wa Catholic Diocese operated St. John's Health Center, which serves Funsi and surrounding communities.[3]
References
- ^ Wa East District
- ^ Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and polity in northwestern Ghana (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 15
- ^ health center website
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