Walewale

Walewale is a town and the capital of West Mamprusi Municipal in the North East Region of Ghana.[1] It lies on the main road from Bolgatanga to Tamale, at the junction of the road west to Nalerigu, the capital of the newly created North East Region. It was founded by the Mamprusis. The language spoken by the people of Walewale is largely Mampruli, which is followed by kassim. The Dominant religion is Islam but a lot of churches are emerging in recent times. Walewale prides itself of four standard banks which are; Ghana Commercial Bank, Agricultural Development Bank, Bangmarigu Community Bank and GN Bank which is currently defunct. The town has about ten standard guest houses with two five star hotels located along the main road leading to Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital. There are six fuel filling stations in the community namely; Total Fuel Station, Nasona Fuel Station, Zen Fuel Station, Goil Fuel Station and Petrosol, It also has a Gas filling station located along the Nalerigu road.

Walewale
District Capital
Walewale Community Information Center
Walewale Location of Walewale in North East region
Coordinates: 10°21′N 0°48′W
Region	North East region
District	West Mamprusi District
Elevation	545 ft (166 m)
Population  (2013)
• Total	—
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	GMT

Walewale has one radio station called Eagle FM, running on the frequency 94.1(MHz) which broadcasts in English and the local language; Mampruli. They also have radio sessions broadcast in Frafra and other local languages. The town is also one of the municipals to have benefited from the Zongo Ministry Artificial pitches. This makes the community suitable in the hosting of any tournament in the newly created North East region.

Walewale can boast of its over 100-bed health facility that is enhanced with three ambulances. The town is also the central point of the Zipline drones used for medical purposes. The Zipline Medical drone center In Walewale is currently an operational drone center in Ghana and it is meant to serve all five Northern Regions.[2]

Walewale's mosque, built in 1961 on the site of an earlier mud-and-stick mosque, is notable for its Moorish tower.[3]