Karaga District

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Karaga District
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Karaga District
Location of Karaga District within Northern
Coordinates: 9°55′29.28″N0°25′49.8″W / 9.9248000°N 0.430500°W / 9.9248000; -0.430500
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Region Northern
Capital Karaga
Government
  District ExecutiveMohammed Abdulai Sandow
Area
  Total
2,758 km2 (1,065 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
114,225 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code GH-NP-KA

Karaga District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Gushegu-Karaga District in 1988, which was created from the former East Dagomba District Council, until the western part of the district was split off to create Karaga District on 27 August 2004; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Gushegu District , which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Gushegu Municipal District . The district assembly is located in the northeast part of Northern Region and has Karaga as its capital town.

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Karaga District's western neighbours are Savelugu Municipal District and Nanton District. To the north are West Mamprusi Municipal District and East Mamprusi Municipal District. To the south and east is the Gushegu Municipal District from which Karaga District was carved. [2]

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9°55′29.28″N0°25′49.8″W / 9.9248000°N 0.430500°W / 9.9248000; -0.430500