Chereponi 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
Saboba-Chereponi District in 1988, which was created from the former
East Dagomba District
East Dagomba District is a former district council that was located in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1975. However on 1988, it was split off into four new district assemblies: Yendi Municipal Distr ...
Council, until the northern portion of the district was split off to become Chereponi District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as
Saboba District (which is currently part of
Northern Region).
The district assembly is located in the southeast part of North East Region and has
Chereponi as its capital town.
Sources
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GhanaDistricts.com
References
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North East Region, Ghana
Districts of Ghana