Gushegu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region,

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. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger

Gushegu-Karaga District Gushegu-Karaga 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 East Dagomba District is a former dist ...

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 Dist ...

Council, until the western part of the district was split off to create Karaga District on 27 August 2004; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Gushegu District, which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Gushegu Municipal District. The municipality is located in the northeast part of Northern Region and has

Gushegu Gushegu is the capital city of the Gushegu District, a district located in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is an important city in the Kingdom of Dagbon. It is located in the eastern part of Dagbong with Naa Yab' Gushe-Naa as its traditional ...

as its capital town.

Boundaries

To the north are East Mamprusi District and West Mamprusi District, to the south the Yendi District. The

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is to the east and the

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lies to the west.

is 105 kilometres north east of

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, the capital of the Northern Region.

Villages

The major and only town is the capital Gushegu, and the major villages in the district are:

Tourism

There are weaving and smock sewing centres at Karaga and Kpatinga. Being developed are the Daka Forest Reserve with a large monkey population and the Karaga Forest Reserve. The Greenwich Meridian passes through Namangbeni.

Sources

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GhanaDistricts.com

References

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