Lawra is a small town and is the capital of
Lawra district
Lawra Municipal is one of the eleven districts in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Originally, it was formerly part of the then-larger Lawra District in 1988, until the northern part of the district was later split off to create Nandom District o ...
, a district in the
Upper West Region
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana and is bordered by Upper East Region to the east, Northern Region (Ghana), Northern Region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional ...
of
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
.
[Lawra District](_blank)
Location
The town is located in the North western part of Ghana. Its distance from
Wa, the Regional capital by road is 88.55 Kilometers (55.02 miles).
Politics
Lawra is in the Lawra constituency headed by Hon.
Anthony Nyoh-Abeyifaa Karbo of the
New Patriotic Party
The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...
. He succeeded Hon.
Samson Abu
Samson Abu (born 18 December 1969) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Lawra Constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Personal life
Abu is married with four chi ...
of the
National Democratic congress.
Tourism
Lawra is known for its
musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make Music, musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person ...
manufacture, and for the
Kobine
Kobine is a traditional dance and festival unique to the people of Lawra area of north-western Ghana. They are also called the Dagaaba tribe. The dance and the festival named after it are celebrated in September and October to mark the end of a su ...
harvest festival
A harvest festival is an annual Festival, celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different ...
with important dancing and musical events.
See also
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Bagri Festival
Bagri Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Jirapa, Lawra and Nandom in the Upper West region of Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of ...
References
External links
Lawra District
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Populated places in the Upper West Region