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Kassena-Nankana District

Coordinates: 10°53′5″N 1°5′25″W / 10.88472°N 1.09028°W / 10.88472; -1.09028
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Kassena-Nankana District
Former District
Districts of Upper East Region
Districts of Upper East Region
Kassena-Nankana District is located in Ghana
Kassena-Nankana District
Kassena-Nankana District
Location of Kassena-Nankana District within Upper East
Coordinates: 10°53′5″N 1°5′25″W / 10.88472°N 1.09028°W / 10.88472; -1.09028
Country Ghana
RegionUpper East
CapitalNavrongo
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 codeGH-UE-KN

Kassena-Nankana District is a former district that was located in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 29 February 2008, it was split off into two new districts: Kassena-Nankana East District (which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 28 June 2012; capital: Navrongo) and Kassena-Nankana West District (capital: Paga). The district assembly was located in the western part of Upper East Region and had Navrongo as its capital town.

Sources

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  • "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
  • GhanaDistricts.com

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10°53′5″N 1°5′25″W / 10.88472°N 1.09028°W / 10.88472; -1.09028