Saboba District

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Saboba District
Location of Saboba District within Northern
Coordinates: 9°42′23.76″N0°18′59.4″E / 9.7066000°N 0.316500°E / 9.7066000; 0.316500
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Northern
Capital Saboba
Population
 (2021)
  Total95,683 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code GH-NE-YN

Saboba District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana [2] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Saboba-Chereponi District in 1988, [3] [4] [5] which was created from the former East Dagomba District Council, until the northern part of the district was split off to create Chereponi District on 29 February 2008 (which is currently part of North East Region); thus the remaining part has been renamed as Saboba District. [6] The district assembly is located in the northeast part of Northern Region and has Saboba as its capital town. [5]

Religion

Christianity is the dominant religion in the district, with over 68.0 per cent of the population claiming Christianity as their faith. The next populous religion is Islam, 16.0 per cent and traditional religion 9.0 per cent. The rest of the population has no affiliation with any organized religion. [5]

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References

  1. Ghana: Administrative Division
  2. "Victims of land conflict in Saboba district pick up their pieces - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. "One killed, many injured in land dispute in Saboba District". Ghanaweb. 3 July 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  4. "Stolen girl returned to Ghana through Saboba Assembly". GNA. Ghanaweb. 28 April 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Saboba District". Ghanadistricts.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  6. Northern Region Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 9°42′23.76″N0°18′59.4″E / 9.7066000°N 0.316500°E / 9.7066000; 0.316500