The Talensi District is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and forms part of the fifteen (15) Municipalities and Districts in the Upper East Region.
Talensi District is located between latitude 10o15′ and 10o60′ North of the equator and longitude 0o31′ and 1o05′ West of the Greenwich meridian. It has a land area of 867 km2. The administrative capital of the District is Tongo.
The District shares boundaries with Nabdam District to the north, Bolgatanga Municipal to the west, East Mamprusi Municipal to the south-east, West Mamprusi Municipal to the south-west and Bawku West District to the east.
The population of the District according to 2021 population and housing census stands at 87,021 with 43,849 males and 43,172 females.
