Background

The Kassena-Nankana West District is one of the thirteen districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It was carved out of the KassenaNankana Municipal in 2007 and inaugurated on Friday, 29th February 2008. The Local Government Instrument which established the district is Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1855. The paramount aim of creating this Assembly was to bring the business of governance to the doorsteps of the ordinary Ghanaian. It is located approximately between latitude 10.97° North and longitude 01.10° West. The district has a total land area of approximately 1,004 sq. km.
The Kassena-Nankana West District shares boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north, Bongo District to the north-east, Bolgatanga Municipal to east, KassenaNankana Municipal to the south, Bulsa District south-west and Sissala East District to the west.