1.0 Introduction
Karaga District was established in 2004 by L. I 1787. Karaga district was carved out from the then Gushegu-Karaga District. The only infrastructure the District capital – Karaga could boast of was the Area Council Office, a one room guest house and electricity. Thus from this background, the main focus has been to accelerate the pace of infrastructure development as the foundation for the total development of the district.
It has five Area Councils namely Karaga, Pishigu, Bagli/Zandua, Kuduli and Sakulo/Namburugu, 75 unit committees, 167 communities in the district. The political and executive head of the Assembly is the District Chief Executive. The Assembly is composed of Four-Eight (48) members, thirty-three (33) of whom are elected, representing thirty-three electoral areas, fifteen (15) government appointees, one (1) Member of Parliament and the District Chief Executive. The Assembly members represent a spectrum of public servants (both retired and serving), Traditional Leaders and Opinion leaders from various parts of the District.
1.1 Location and Size
The District is located in the North-Eastern part of the Northern Region, roughly between latitudes 9o30’ South and 10o30’ North and longitudes 0o East and 45’West. It has a total area of 3,119.3 Kilometers square. It shares boundaries with four districts in the Northern Region, West and East Mamprusi to the North, Savelugu/Nanton to the West and Gushegu to the South and East. Karaga the district capital is 24km from Gushegu and 94km from Tamale, the Regional Capital.
District in the National Context
Source: Town and Country Planning Department, 2017
District in the Regional context
Source: Town and Country Planning Department, 2017
District Map
