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.
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of related languages in West Africa. The Dagomba practises both patrilineal and matrilineal systems of inheritance. The Dagomba are known for their hospitality...
created from the former WestDagombaDistrict Council, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Nanton District on 15 March 2018; thus...
Tolon-Kumbungu District in 1988, which was created from the former WestDagombaDistrict Council, until the eastern part of the district was split off...
Tamale Municipal District, which was created from the former WestDagombaDistrict Council, until it was elevated to metropolitan district assembly status...
from the former WestDagombaDistrict Council, until a small northern part of the district was split off to create Sagnarigu District on 24 June 2012;...
harbored the district capital which was then created from the former WestDagombaDistrict Council, until the eastern part of the district was split off...
created from the former East DagombaDistrict Council, until the western part of the district was split off to create Karaga District on 27 August 2004; thus...
minor groups such as the Builsa (4.7%), Frafra (2.7%), Kasena (2.2%), the Dagomba (1.8%), and some other ethnic groups in Ghana. The "Bugun" (fire festival)...
2011). "Ghana Articles: Dagomba". GhanaNation.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014. "Dagomba: Background". BristolDrumming...
created from the former East DagombaDistrict Council, until the western part of the district was split off to create Karaga District on 27 August 2004; thus...
other local languages. The most widely spoken local languages are, Ga, Dagomba, Akan and Ewe. "Ghana – 2010 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Government...
founded by the Dagomba people (Dagbamba) in the 15th century. During its rise, it comprised, at various points, the Northern, Upper West, Upper East, Savannah...
throughout West Africa (e.g., Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo), this has resulted in tribal markings becoming increasingly stigmatized. The Dagomba, Frafra...
city of Tamale etymologically derives its name from the more traditional Dagomba name 'Tama-yile' (meaning 'Home of Shea nuts'). The tree was formerly classified...
Central Ghana. According to oral traditions and archaeological evidence, the Dagomba states were the earliest kingdoms to emerge in present-day Ghana as early...
II (1945–2002) was the King of Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27...
the central hills Tem and the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages are spoken. Dagomba is the second most common language in the north, where other Gur languages...
market in the 18th and 19th centuries. The name Salaga comes from the Dagomba word "salgi" which means "To get used to a place of abode". In the eighteenth...
Hausa-Fulani traders settled in the zongo districts of major trade-towns up and down the previous Asante, Gonja and Dagomba kingdoms stretching from the sahel...
and yili - house). "Science and Technology in 18th Century Moliyili ) Dagomba) and the Timbuktiu Intellectual Tradition". "Moliyili: Golden Age Of Dagbon...
from the former East DagombaDistrict Council, until the western part of the district was later split off to create Mion District on 28 June 2012; thus...
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