Nanton 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

Savelugu-Nanton District Savelugu-Nanton Municipal 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 West Dagomba District Council. It was later elevate ...

in 1988, which was created from the former

West Dagomba District West 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 three new district assemblies: Tamale Municipal Dis ...

Council, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Nanton District on 15 March 2018; thus the remaining part has been renamed as

Savelugu Municipal District Savelugu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Savelugu-Nanton District in 1988, which was created from the former West Dagomba District Council, until it ...

. The district is located in the northwest part of Northern Region and has Nanton as its capital town.

Villages

*Nanton *Tampion *

Tinkurugu Nanton District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Savelugu-Nanton District in 1988, which was created from the former West Dagomba District Council, until the southern p ...

*Zieng *Balishei

References

Districts of the Northern Region (Ghana) {{NorthernRegionGH-geo-stub