Saboba District is one of the sixteen districts in
Northern 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
Saboba-Chereponi District is a former district that was located in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former East Dagomba District Council. However on 29 February 2008, ...
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 part of the district was split off to create
Chereponi District
Chereponi District is one of the six districts in North East Region, Ghana. 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 ...
on 29 February 2008 (which is currently part of
North East Region); thus the remaining part has been renamed as Saboba District.
Northern Region
The district assembly is located in the northeast part of Northern Region and has Saboba
Saboba is a small town and is the capital of Saboba district, a district in the Northern Region of north Ghana. The primary economic activity is farming. Tribes like kokombas, kotokoli, chakosi and dagombas
The Dagombas are a Gur ethnic ...
as its capital town.
Religion
Christianity
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is the dominant religion in the district, with over 68.0 per cent of the population claiming Christianity as their faith. The next populous religion is Islam, 16.0 per cent and traditional religion 9.0 per cent. The rest of the population has no affiliation with any organized religion.
References
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Districts of the Northern Region (Ghana)