Talensi (district)

Talensi District
District
Districts of Upper East Region
Talensi District Location of Talensi District within Upper East
Coordinates: 10°42′11.16″N0°48′20.16″W / 10.7031000°N 0.8056000°W / 10.7031000; -0.8056000
Country	Ghana
Region	Upper East
Capital	Tongo
Population  (2021)
• Total	87,021 [1]
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code	GH-UE-TL

Talensi District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Talensi-Nabdam District in August 2004, until the northern part of the district was split off to create Nabdam District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Talensi District. The district assembly is located in the central part of Upper East Region and has Tongo as its capital town.

Settlements

Some towns in the district:

• Dapooretindongo,
• Awaredone,
• Baare,
• Wakii
• Gbeogo ^[6]
• Gayei Tindongo
• Yinduri
• Tengzuk
• Gorogo
• Santeng
• Shia

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.
5. "Government committed to compliance with mining laws- Upper East Regional Minister - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
6. "Talensi District: 132 youth graduate from Technical and Vocational training". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

10°42′11.16″N0°48′20.16″W / 10.7031000°N 0.8056000°W / 10.7031000; -0.8056000