West Mamprusi Municipal Assembly
West Mamprusi District | |
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Region | Northern Region |
Capital | Walewale |
Government | |
• District executive | Zakaria Sulemana |
Area | |
• Total | 4,892 km2 (1,889 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | — |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | GMT |
ISO 3166 code | GH-NP-WM |
The West Mamprusi District is one of the twenty (20) districts in the Northern Region of north Ghana.[1] Before the creation of the 20 districts, in 1988, West Mamprusi District was part of the 48 districts that were created under the government of Ghana's decentralization and local government reform policy.[1] Walewale and Wulugu are important settlements found in this District, the former being its capital.The district was carved out of the old Gambaga district in the Northern Region.The districts' administrative capital can be located on The Tamale-Bolgatanga trunk road,approximately 68 miles away from Tamale. The district is boarded to the north byBuilsa,Kasena-Nankana and Bolgatanga districts, in the Upper East Region ; to the south by North Gonja,Karaga,Kumbungu and Savelugu district in the Northern Region; to the west by the Sissala East and Wa East districts; and to the East by East Mamprusi [1][2]
References
- ^ a b c "West Mamprusi district". Ghanadistricts.gov. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ Abdul Karim Naatogmah (4 April 2015). "NGO to support West Mamprusi District Assembly empower residents". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External links
- "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
- GhanaDistricts.com