SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 11, 2002


Commission File Number:  0-49677


                            WEST BANCORPORATION, INC.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

         Iowa                                             42-1230603
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(State of Incorporation)                   (I.R.S. Employer Indentification No.)

                  1601 22nd Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number:  515-222-2300


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Item 5. Other Events

The  Registrant  issued  a  press  release  on  July  11,  2002  announcing  the
declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $.16 per common share.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

        (c)  Exhibits

             99.1   Press Release of West Bancorporation, Inc. dated
                    July 11, 2002.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

Pursuant to Regulation  FD,  information is being attached as an Exhibit to this
Current Report with respect to a press release  announcing a quarterly  dividend
on the common stock of West Bancorporation, Inc.

The information  contained in this Press Release and other financial reports may
contain  forward-looking  statements  about the Company's growth and acquisition
strategies,  new  products  and  services,  and  future  financial  performance,
including earnings and dividends per share, return on average assets,  return on
average equity, efficiency ratio and capital ratio.  Forward-looking  statements
are encouraged by the Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995.  Such
forward-looking information is based upon certain underlying assumptions,  risks
and  uncertainties.  Because  of the  possibility  of change  in the  underlying
assumptions,  actual results could differ materially from these  forward-looking
statements.  Risks and  uncertainties  that may affect future  results  include:
pricing  pressures  on  loans  and  deposits,   actions  of  bank  and  non-bank
competitors,  changes  in local and  national  economic  conditions,  changes in
regulatory  requirements,  actions of the Federal Reserve Board,  and customer's
acceptance of the Company's  products and  services.  The Company  undertakes no
obligation  to revise or update such  statements  to reflect  current  events or
circumstances   after  the  date  hereof  or  to  reflect  the   occurrence   of
unanticipated events.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  West
Bancorporation,  Inc.  has caused  this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto fully authorized.

West Bancorporation, Inc.
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(Registrant)

July 15, 2002                               By: /s/ Douglas R. Gulling
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Dated                                       Douglas R. Gulling
                                            Chief Financial Officer




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