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Malishegu is a nucleated farming community located along the Tamale-Kumbungu trunk road in
Tamale Metropolitan District Tamale Metropolitan District is one of the sixteen districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. It was originally established in 1988 as Tamale Municipal District, a municipal district assembly that was created from the former West Dagomba Distri ...
in the Northern Region of
Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
. It is home to Malshegu Sacred Grove - a religious center and one of the last remaining closed canopy forests in the
savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach th ...
h regions of
West Africa West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Gha ...
.


See also

* Suburbs of Tamale (Ghana) metropolis


References

Communities in Ghana Suburbs of Tamale, Ghana {{NorthernRegionGH-geo-stub