Saboba Chereponi
| Saboba Chereponi District | |
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| District | |
 Districts of Northern region |
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 Saboba Chereponi District
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| Coordinates: 9°55′01″N 0°00′32″W / 9.91694°N 0.00889°W | |
| Region | Northern Region |
| Capital | Saboba |
| Government | |
| • District executive | David Nyame |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,439 km2 (1,328 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | — |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT (UTC) |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-NP-SC |
Saboba Chereponi District (or simply Saboba) is one of the twenty (20) districts in the Northern Region of north Ghana. The capital is Saboba.
Saboba Chereponi district is a savannah district, hot grasslands with scattered scrub trees are the norm. Summer daytime temperatures may reach 45 °C with regularity. Average monthly temperatures range from 25 to 35 °C.
The harmattan winds carry fine dust, from the end of November through the end of March. Dry heat follows until the rainy season of June to October when sudden, torrential rains flood the area. There is often reduced rainfall, which hinders hydroelectric production, and causes frequent rolling blackouts.
Health care is provided at the Saboba Medical Centre, the district regional healthcare facility.
Saboba, the capital of the district, has guesthouses available for tourists. There are few tourist attractions in the Saboba Chereponi district.
Transportation to Saboba is available from Yendi.
Subsistence agriculture is the economic norm in the Saboba Chereponi district.
Coordinates: 9°42′06″N 0°19′22″W / 9.7018°N 0.3229°W
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