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{{Short description|Town in Upper East Region, Ghana}} {{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Navrongo | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = Navrongo-location.png | mapsize = | map_caption = Navrongo is in the north east of Northern Ghana, beside the [[Burkina Faso]] border | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Ghana | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Navrongo in [[Upper East Region]] <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Ghana]] | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = [[Upper East Region]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Kassena-Nankana Municipal District]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 27,306<ref name="World Gazetteer">{{cite web |url=http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155500/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=World Gazetteer online |publisher=World-gazetteer.com }}</ref> | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|10|53|5|N|1|5|25|W|region:GH|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Navrongo''' is a town and the capital of [[Kassena-Nankana Municipal District]] in the [[Upper East Region]] of northern [[Ghana]], adjacent to the [[Burkina Faso–Ghana border|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volta River Authority {{!}} Commissioning of the Kaleo Solar Power Plant |url=https://www.vra.com/media/2022/kaleo-solar-power-plant.php |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=www.vra.com}}</ref> Navrongo's population in 2005 was estimated to be 25,470,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/Ghana.html | title= 2005 population estimates for cities in Ghana | access-date= 2007-09-26 }}</ref> and in 2012 was estimated to be 27,306.<ref name="World Gazetteer"/> The terrain is flat and the ecology is typical of the [[Sahel]] – arid grassland with occasional shrubbery.
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