The Western North Region of Ghana is a new region carved out of the existing Western Region of Ghana. In March 2017, the ministry sent the blueprint for the creation of the region along with others to the Council of State. The final stage for the creation of the region was decided through a referendum by the people within the area of the new region on 27 December 2018.
The Western North Region was created by the Constitutional Instrument (CI). 117 of 15th February 2019 and handed over to the substantive Regional Minister on 2nd April 2019. The Region was officially inaugurated by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo on 10th April 2019.
Location and Size
The Western North Region has Sefwi Wiawso as its administrative capital. It is bordered to the west by the Ivory Coast, to the southeast by the Central region and the Ashanti and Bono regions in the north. The southern part is bordered by the Western region. The region has a total land size of 10,257.3 sq. km, approximately 4.30 of the country’s land size.