Coordinates: 10°17′19″N 1°58′16″W / 10.28861°N 1.97111°W / 10.28861; -1.97111

Funsi

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Funsi
District Capital
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CountryGhana
RegionUpper West Region
DistrictWa East District
Elevation
810 ft (247 m)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
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Dance by the people of Funsi.

Funsi is the district capital of the Wa East 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

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  1. ^ Wa East District
  2. ^ Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and polity in northwestern Ghana (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 15
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