Stories and facts

It is one of the 11 Municipalities and Districts in the Upper West Region, and it serves as one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana.

The administrative capital of the Lawra Municipal is Lawra itself. Encompassing a total land area of 514 square kilometres, the municipal territory constitutes approximately 5.7% of the entire land area of the Upper West Region.

This region's estimated total land area is 18,476 square kilometres.