Funsi

Funsi

Funsi

District Capital in Upper West Region, Ghana

Funsi is a small town and is the capital of Wa East district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana.[1]

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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

  1. [1]
    Wa East District
  2. [2]
    Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and polity in northwestern Ghana (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 15
  3. [3]
    health center website

10°17′19″N 1°58′16″W
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