Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District

Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District
Former Municipal District
Districts of Northern Region
Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District Location of Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District within Northern
Coordinates: 9°37′26.4″N0°49′40.8″W / 9.624000°N 0.828000°W / 9.624000; -0.828000
Country	Ghana
Region	Northern
Capital	Savelugu
Government
• District Executive	Abdullah Red
Area
• Total	1,790 km2 (690 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code	GH-NP-SN

Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District is a former district that was located in Northern Region, Ghana. ^[1] Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988; which was created from the former West Dagomba District Council. It was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 1 March 2012. However on 28 June 2012, it was split off into two new districts: Savelugu Municipal District (capital: Savelugu) and Nanton District (capital: Nanton). The municipality was located in the eastern part of Northern Region and had Nanton as its capital town.

Background

Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District had 149 communities, of which five were area councils, aside Savelugu being the capital. The area councils were Nanton, Pong-Tamale, Diare, Moglaa and Tampion. The population of this district according to the 2000 population census was 91,415 having a growth rate of 3%. 109,442 was the projected population as at March 2006 with its breakdown being 49% male and 51% female with a land area of 1790.7 km².

Localities

• Damdu
• Gushee
• Jena Kpeng
• Kadia
• Naabogu
• Nyeko Ghana
• Zoosali
• Diyari

External links

• Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District Info
• "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
• GhanaDistricts.com

References

1. Savelugu-Nanton district

9°37′26.4″N0°49′40.8″W / 9.624000°N 0.828000°W / 9.624000; -0.828000