The District is located in the North-Eastern Northern Region, roughly between latitudes 9°30’ and 10°30’ North and longitudes 0° and 45’West. Karaga is the administrative capital.
It shares boundaries with four districts in the northern region, West and East Mamprusi to the North, Savelugu/Nanton to the West and Gushegu (the mother district) to the South and east Karaga the district capital is 24km from Gushegu and 94km from Tamale, the Regional Capital.
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Karaga District having been carved out of the then Gushiegu/Karaga District and officially inaugurated in August, 2004.
The assembly has given prominence to infrastructure development which has been identified as an important factor for a successful and sound take-of of the assembly.
The construction of an ultra-modern office block, Assembly Hall complex and a staff accommodation, for both senior and junior officers. These are some of the visible landmarks of Karaga, the district capital.
The Karaga District Assembly has provided additional school structure to open up the number of school blocks in the Karaga Senior High School (SHS) to aid effective teaching and learning in the school.
KARAGA: Karaga SHS to get new girls’ hostel The availability of adequate boarding facilities to house students in many Senior High Schools (SHS) is a significant setback in the promotion of quality education in the country.
KARAGA: Rehabilitation of 7 dug-outs underway World Food Programme (WFP) has teamed up with the Karaga District Assembly to rehabilitate about 7 dams located in various areas of the district.
KARAGA: Construction of 8 mechanized boreholes underway Eight communities in the Karaga Township are scheduled to benefit from potable water when recent moves by the Assembly to drill mechanized boreholes for these areas are completed.
