Zabzugu 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
Zabzugu-Tatale District
Zabzugu-Tatale 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 28 June 2012, it was ...
in 1988, which was created from the former
East Dagomba District Council, until the northeast part of the district was split off to create
Tatale-Sangule District
Tatale-Sangule District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana, Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Zabzugu-Tatale District in 1988, which was created from the former East Dagomba District ...
on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Zabzugu District. The district assembly is located in the eastern part of Northern Region and has
Zabzugu
Zabzugu is a small town and is the capital of Zabzugu-Tatale District, Zabzugu district, a district in the Northern Region, Ghana, Northern Region of north Ghana. It has a nucleated settlement and less populated. Most of the people there are farme ...
as its capital town.
References
Districts of the Northern Region (Ghana)
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