Sagnarigu Municipal District | |
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MunicipalDistrict | |
.png) Districts ofNorthern Region | |
  Sagnarigu Municipal District Location of Sagnarigu Municipal District withinNorthern | |
| Coordinates:9°25′21.72″N0°53′26.88″W / 9.4227000°N 0.8908000°W /9.4227000; -0.8908000 | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Northern |
| Capital | Sagnarigu |
| Government | |
| • Municipal Chief Executive | Yakubu Mohammed Ahmed |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 341,711[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-NP-SG |
Sagnarigu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in theNorthern Region ofGhana.[2][3][4][5] Originally it was part of the then-largerTamale 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 hasSagnarigu 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]
The communities includes:
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| Ordinary (10) | ||
9°25′21.72″N0°53′26.88″W / 9.4227000°N 0.8908000°W /9.4227000; -0.8908000