Nandom Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in
Upper West Region
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana and is bordered by Upper East region to the east, Northern region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest set ...
,
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
Lawra/Nandom District
Lawra/Nandom District is a former district that was located in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 28 June 2012, it was split off into two new districts: Lawra District (which it was e ...
in 1988; until the northern part of the district was later split off to create Nandom District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as
Lawra District (which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 15 March 2018 to become
Lawra Municipal District
Lawra Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Lawra District in 1988; until the northern part of the district was later split off to create Nandom Distric ...
). However on 27 January 2020, it was elevated to municipal district assembly status to become Nandom Municipal District. The municipality is located in the northwest part of Upper West Region and has
Nandom
Nandom is the capital town of the Nandom Municipal of the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Nandom town and the multiple villages that surround it to the north, south, east, and west are inhabited by Dagara people. The Dagara of the Nandom municipal a ...
as its capital town.
References
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Districts of Upper East Region