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Navrongo | |
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Town | |
 Navrongo is in the north east of Northern Ghana, beside the Burkina Faso border | |
  Navrongo Location of Navrongo in Upper East Region | |
| Coordinates: 10°53′5″N 1°5′25″W / 10.88472°N 1.09028°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Upper East Region |
| District | Kassena-Nankana District |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 27,306[1] |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Navrongo is a town and the capital of Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso.
Navrongo is an important market town, known for its cathedral and its grotto. It houses the Navrongo Solar Power Station, Ghana's first solar plant.[2]
Navrongo's population in 2005 was estimated to be 25,470,[3] and in 2012 was estimated to be 27,306.[1]
The terrain is flat and the ecology is typical of the Sahel – arid grassland with occasional shrubbery.
- ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ "Volta River Authority | Commissioning of the Kaleo Solar Power Plant". www.vra.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "2005 population estimates for cities in Ghana". Retrieved 26 September 2007.