Mamprusi District is a former district council that was located 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 ...
.
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:
East Mamprusi District
East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly is one of the six districts in North East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as East Mamprusi District, which was created from the former Mamprusi Distr ...
and
West Mamprusi District. The district assembly was located in the northeast part of Northern Region and had
Gambaga
Gambaga is the capital of the East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly in the North East Region of Ghana. Once a residence of Mamprusi-kings it is still the capital of East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly, a municipality in the North East Region of Ghana. ...
as its capital town.
References
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1989 disestablishments in Africa
North East Region, Ghana
Former districts of Ghana
States and territories disestablished in 1989