Savelugu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana.

[2] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Savelugu-Nanton District in 1988, which was created from the former West Dagomba District Council, until it was elevated to municipal district assembly status in March 2012 to become Savelugu-Nanton Municipal District.

However, on 15 March 2018, the southern part of the district was split off to create Nanton District on 15 March 2018; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Savelugu Municipal District.

The municipality is located in the northwest part of Northern Region and has Savelugu as its capital town.