Builsa South (district)

Builsa South District
District
Districts of Upper East Region
Builsa South District Location of Builsa District within Upper East
Coordinates: 10°27′3.96″N1°18′21.6″W / 10.4511000°N 1.306000°W / 10.4511000; -1.306000
Country	Ghana
Region	Upper East
Capital	Fumbisi
Population  (2021)
• Total	36,575 [1]
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code	GH-UE-BS

Builsa South District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Builsa District in 1988, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Builsa South District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Builsa North District , which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 19 December 2018 to become Builsa North Municipal District. The district assembly is located in the western part of Upper East Region and has Fumbisi as its capital town.

References

1. Ghana: Administrative Division
2. "New Districts & Nominated DCEs" (PDF). ghanadistricts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2013.
3. "All Districts". ghanadistricts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
4. "Districts of Ghana". statoids. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

10°27′3.96″N1°18′21.6″W / 10.4511000°N 1.306000°W / 10.4511000; -1.306000