West Dagomba District

West Dagomba District
Former District Council
Districts of Northern Region
Districts of Northern Region
West Dagomba District is located in Ghana
West Dagomba District
West Dagomba District
Location of West Dagomba District within Northern
Coordinates: 9°24′30.1″N 0°50′25.63″W / 9.408361°N 0.8404528°W / 9.408361; -0.8404528
Country Ghana
RegionNorthern
CapitalTamale
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 codeGH-NP-__

West 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 three new district assemblies: Tamale Municipal District (capital: Tamale), Savelugu-Nanton District (capital: Savelugu) and Tolon-Kumbungu District (capital: Tolon). The district assembly was located in the western part of Northern Region and had Tamale as its capital town.