The District is located in the North Eastern part of Ghana. It lies approximately between Longitude 213w to 2:36w and Latitude 10:00N 11:00N. It shares Boundaries with the Jirapa Lambussie District to the West, Sissala East District to the East and Burkina Faso to the North and Wa East District to the South.
The district sharing border with Burkina Faso will facilitate cross border socio-economic activities. However, this has its own implications for health and crime wave. It covers a total Land area of 4,11289km, which is about 25% of the total Landmass of the Upper West Region.
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Government and Non-Governmental interventions have contributed to a sharp jump in primary school enrolment from 2,336 in the 2006/2007 academic year to 14,853 at the start of 2007/2008 in the Sissala West District of Upper West Region.
(DUWIE) SISSALA WEST: CHPS Compound for Duwie community To ensure governments plan of providing accessible and quality healthcare is achieved, Plan Ghana International, a non governmental organization (NGO), has provided a Community Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound for the people of Duwie in the Sissala West District.
SISSALA WEST: Development will be fairly distributed-DCE The Sissala West District Chief Executive, Mr Salifu Baluwie, has given the assurance that he will ensure an equitable distribution of development projects in the district for every community to get fair share of the national cake.
SISSALA WEST : Assembly holds ordinary session The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Sissala West, Mr George Hikah Benson, has donated 30 motorcycles to the constituency executives to facilitate their campaign effort.
