Funsi

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title: "Funsi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-upper-west-region"] description: "District Capital in Upper West Region, Ghana" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-upper-west-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funsi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary District Capital in Upper West Region, Ghana ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Funsi
native_name
settlement_type	District Capital
imagesize	300px
dot_x
pushpin_map	Ghana
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Funsi in Upper West region
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ghana
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Upper West Region
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Wa East District
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2013
population_total	—
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	247
postal_code_type
::

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Funsi is the district capital of the Wa East District in the Upper West Region of north Ghana.

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.

Funsi is the location of the Wa Catholic Diocese operated St. John's Health Center, which serves Funsi and surrounding communities.

References

References

2. [http://waeast.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/ Wa East District]
3. Ivor Wilks, ''Wa and the Wala: Islam and polity in northwestern Ghana'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 15
4. "health center website".

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