Upper West

  • Capital:Wa
  • Regional Minister:Sulemana Alhassan
  • Land area, sq. km:18,476
  • Population, persons:771,394 (2015)
  • Population Density, persons/sq.km:42 (2015)
  • Average household size:6.2 (2010)
  • Sex ratio:94.5 (2010)
  • Employed (persons):275,606 (2010)
  • Unemployed (persons):11,899 (2010)
  • No. of Households:110,175 (2010)
  • Households with fixed telephone lines:730 (2010)
  • Rate of households with fixed telephone lines (%):0.7 (2010)
  • Literacy Rate (%):67.9 (2010)
  • Poverty Rate:56.1 (1992)
  • Total Fertility Rate:5.2 (2014)
  • Yellow Fever Immunisation Coverage Rate:80.4 (2014)
  • AFP Non-Polio Rate:4.3 (2009)

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