Karaga District

Karaga District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Gushegu-Karaga District in 1988, which was created from the former East Dagomba District 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 district assembly is located in the northeast part of Northern Region and has Karaga as its capital town.

Karaga District
Districts of Northern Region
Karaga District
Location of Karaga District within Northern
Coordinates: 9°55′29.28″N 0°25′49.8″W
Country Ghana
RegionNorthern
CapitalKaraga
Government
  District ExecutiveMohammed Abdulai Sandow
Area
  Total2,758 km2 (1,065 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total114,225
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 codeGH-NP-KA
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