Kassena-Nankana West District
Kassena-Nankana West District | |
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Districts of Upper East Region | |
Location of Kassena-Nankana West District within Upper East | |
| Coordinates: 10°59′32″N 01°06′48″W / 10.99222°N 1.11333°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Upper East |
| Capital | Paga |
| Government | |
| • District Executive | Hon. George Nonterah |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,004 km2 (388 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 90,735 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-UE-KW |
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Kassena-Nankana West District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally, it was formerly part of the then-larger Kassena-Nankana District in 1988, until the western part of the district was split off to create Kassena-Nankana West District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Kassena-Nankana East District (which it was later elevated to municipal assembly status on 28 June 2012 to become Kassena-Nankana Municipal District). The district assembly is located in the western part of Upper East Region and has Paga as its capital town.