Region Northern Region Area 1,790 km² | ISO 3166 code GH-NP-SN Capital Savelugu | |
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Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | ||
Background
The Savelugu-Nanton District is one of the twenty (20) districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. Its capital is Savelugu. The district has 149 communities of which five are area councils aside Savelugu being the capital. The area councils are Nanton, Pong-Tamale, Diare, Moglaa and Tampion. The population of this district according to the 2000 population census was 91,415 having a growth rate of 3%. 109,442 was the projected population as at March 2006 with its breakdown being 49% male and 51% female with a land area of 1790.7 km2.
References
Savelugu-Nanton District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA