Sagnarigu Municipal District

Municipal District in Northern Region, Ghana

Municipal District in Northern, Ghana

9°25′21.72″N 0°53′26.88″W / 9.4227000°N 0.8908000°W / 9.4227000; -0.8908000Country

GhanaRegionNorthernCapitalSagnariguGovernment

• Municipal Chief ExecutiveYakubu Mohammed AhmedPopulation

(2021)

• Total341,711^[1]Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)ISO 3166 codeGH-NP-SG

Sagnarigu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in the Northern Region of Ghana.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Originally it was part of the then-larger Tamale Municipal District, created in 1988. A small northern part of the Tamale Municipal District was split off to create Sagnarigu District on 24 June 2012, while the remaining part has been retained as the Tamale District. Later, on 15 March 2018, Sagnarigu District was elevated to municipal district assembly status to become Sagnarigu Municipal District. The municipality is located in the northwest part of Northern Region and has Sagnarigu as its capital city. Meanwhile, Tamale remains the capital city of the Northern Region as a whole.

Yakubu Mohammed Ahmed is the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Sagnarigu Municipality in Ghana's Northern Region.^[6]

Communities

The communities includes:

Sagnarigu
Kpalsi
Sanarigu Kukuo
Gurugu
Katariga
Malishegu
Choggu Yapalsi
Jisonayili
Sogunayili
Gbolo
Kumbuyili
Chagnaayili
Nyerizee
Taha
Gumani
Education Ridge

References

^ Ghana: Administrative Division
^ Edmond Gyebi (2 October 2013). "Sagnarigu Cries For Municipal Status". Thechronicle. Tamale. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
^ Naatogmah, Abdul Karim (2 March 2015). "Sagnarigu Assembly builds complex". citifmonline. Tamale. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
^ Samuel Duodu (23 March 2015). "Calm returns to Malshegu and Gumo in the Sagnarigu and Kumbungu districts". Graphic.com. Sagnarigu. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
^ "Northern » Sagnarigu (New)". Ghanadistricts. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
^ "MCE – Sagnarigu Municipal Assembly". Retrieved 2020-10-10.