East Dagomba District | |
Settlement Type: | Former District Council |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of East Dagomba District within Northern |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Yendi |
Leader Title: | District Executive |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 9.4408°N -0.0059°W |
Iso Code: | GH-NP-__ |
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 District (capital: Yendi), Gushegu-Karaga District (capital: Gushegu), Saboba-Chereponi District (capital: Saboba) and Zabzugu-Tatale District (capital: Zabzugu). The district assembly was located in the eastern part of Northern Region and had Yendi as its capital town.