Sakasaka
Sakasaka is a community in Tamale Metropolitan District in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is the home ground of the Sakasaka Football Club.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tamale Metropolitan District and Tamale Teaching Hospital.
Tamale Metropolitan District
Government office
Photo: Rtevels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tamale Metropolitan District is one of the sixteen districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. It was originally established in 1988 as Tamale Municipal District, a municipal district assembly that was created from the former West Dagomba District Council.
Tamale Teaching Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Masssly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tamale Teaching Hospitalis a teaching hospital in Tamale in the Northern region and the third largest hospital in Ghana. It serves as a referral hospital for the five northern regions of Ghana. Tamale Teaching Hospital is situated 3 km southeast of Sakasaka.
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
Photo: Sir Amugi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group is situated 4 km northwest of Sakasaka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamale and Sagnarigu.
Tamale
Photo: Masssly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tamale is Ghana's third city and the capital of Northern Ghana. Tamale has been voted three consecutive times by the Ghana Tourist Board as the cleanest city in Ghana and is proud of its well organized road networking in comparison to other cities and regions through Ghana.
Sagnarigu
Suburb
Tamale is Ghana's third city and the capital of Northern Ghana. Tamale has been voted three consecutive times by the Ghana Tourist Board as the cleanest city in Ghana and is proud of its well organized road networking in comparison to other cities and regions through Ghana. Sagnarigu is situated 4½ km west of Sakasaka.
Kanvili
Suburb
Kanvili is a community in Tamale Metropolitan District in the Northern Region of Ghana. It has a nucleated settlement located along the Tamale-Bolgatanga trunk road. It is a populated community. Kanvili is situated 5 km north of Sakasaka.
Sakasaka
- Type: Suburb with 3,990 residents
- Description: a community in Tamale metropolis, Northern Region, Ghana.
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sagnarigu Municipal District, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.41417° or 9° 24′ 51″ northLongitude
-0.83986° or 0° 50′ 24″ westPopulation
3,990Elevation
174 metres (571 feet)Open location code
6CXXC576+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 7256520262OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10400451Wikidata ID
Q18353557
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yoruba—“Sakasaka” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sakasaka”
- Dagbani: “Sakasaka”
- Farefare: “Sakasaka”
- French: “Sakasaka”
- Hausa: “Sakasaka”
- Igbo: “Sakasaka”
- Kusaal: “Sakasaka”
- Southern Dagaare: “Sakasaka”
- Turkish: “Sakasaka”
- Twi: “Sakasaka”
- Yoruba: “Sakasaka”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sakasaka”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.