Bunkpurugu-Nyankpanduri District is one of the six districts in
North East Region,
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger
Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District
Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District is a former district that was located in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger East Mamprusi District in 1988 (which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 18 March ...
on 19 August 2004, which was created from the former
Mamprusi District
Mamprusi District is a former district council that was located in North East Region, Ghana.
It was created as an ordinary district assembly in the Northern Region in 1975. However on 1988, it was split off into two new district assemblies: Ea ...
Council, until the southern part of the district was split off to create
Yunyoo-Nasuan District
Yunyoo-Nasuan District is one of the six districts in North East Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District on 19 August 2004, which was created from the former Mamprusi District Council, until th ...
on 15 March 2018; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Bunkpurugu-Nyankpanduri District. The district assembly was located in the northeast part of Northern Region and had
Bunkpurugu
Bunkpurugu is a small town and is the capital of Bunkpurugu Nyankpanduri district, a district in the North East Region of Ghana adjacent to the border with Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is ...
as its capital town.
References
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North East Region, Ghana