Central Gonja District is one of the seven districts in

Savannah Region The Savannah Region is one of the newest regions of Ghana and yet the largest region in the country. The creation of the Region follows presentation of a petition by the Gonja Traditional Council, led by the Yagbonwura Tumtumba Boresa Jakpa I. ...

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 ...

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West Gonja District West Gonja Municipal Assembly is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 23 December 1988 when it was known as West Gonja District, until the southern part of the district was ...

on 23 December 1988, until the part of the district was split off by a decree of president

John Agyekum Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's career has been sp ...

in August 2004 to create Central Gonja District; thus the remaining part has been retained as

West Gonja Municipal District West Gonja Municipal Assembly is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 23 December 1988 when it was known as West Gonja District, until the southern part of the district was s ...

(which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 27 January 2020). The district assembly is located in the central part of Savannah Region and has

Buipe Buipe is a small town and is the capital of Central Gonja District, a district in the Savannah Region of north Ghana. Because of the proximity of limestone deposits, Buipe is the proposed location of a cement works. The Black Volta The Black ...

as its capital town.

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