East Dagomba District

East Dagomba District
Former District Council
Districts of Northern Region
Districts of Northern Region
East Dagomba District is located in Ghana
East Dagomba District
East Dagomba District
Location of East Dagomba District within Northern
Coordinates: 9°26′26.88″N 0°0′21.24″W / 9.4408000°N 0.0059000°W / 9.4408000; -0.0059000
Country Ghana
RegionNorthern
CapitalYendi
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 codeGH-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.