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Navrongo
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Navrongo is a town and the capital of Kassena-Nankana Municipal District in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso.

Key facts

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Navrongo
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Town
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300px
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Navrongo-location.png
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Navrongo is in the north east of Northern Ghana, beside the Burkina Faso border
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Ghana
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bottom
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Location of Navrongo in Upper East Region
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Country
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Ghana
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Region
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Upper East Region
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District
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Kassena-Nankana Municipal District
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Imperial
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2012
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27,306
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Ethnicities

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Ghana
Continent
Africa
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Navrongo Cathedral outside 01.JPG
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Commons category
Navrongo
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Climate
  • Economy
  • Navrongo Cathedral
  • Etymology of name
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Navrongo is a town and the capital of Kassena-Nankana Municipal District in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso.

Navrongo is an important market town, known for its cathedral and its grotto. It houses the Navrongo Solar Power Station, Ghana's first solar plant.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Navrongo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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