Official Name: | Funsi |
Settlement Type: | District Capital |
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 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | — |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 10.2886°N -1.9711°W |
Elevation M: | 247 |
Funsi is the district capital of the Wa East District in the Upper West Region of north Ghana.[1]
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.[2]
Funsi is the location of the Wa Catholic Diocese operated St. John's Health Center, which serves Funsi and surrounding communities.[3]