Adaklu-Anyigbe District is a former district that was located in

Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-et ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger

Ho District Ho Municipal District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989 when it was known as Ho District, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decre ...

on 10 March 1989, until the southern part was split off to create Adaklu-Anyigbe District on 13 August 2004; thus the remaining part has been retained as

Ho Municipal District Ho Municipal District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989 when it was known as Ho District, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decre ...

. However, on 28 June 2012, it was split off into two new districts: Agotime-Ziope District (capital: Agortime-Kpetoe) and

Adaklu District Adaklu District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Adaklu-Anyigbe Districton 13 August 2004, until the western part of the district was split off to create Adaklu District on ...

(capital: Adaklu Waya). The district assembly was located in the central part of Volta Region and had Agortime-Kpetoe as its capital town.

Location and geography

Location

Adaklu-Anyigbe District was bordered on the north by the

from which it was created. In the south, it was bordered by the

North Tongu District North Tongu District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger and original North Tongu District on 10 March 1989, with Adidome as its capital town, which was created from the forme ...

and the

Akatsi District Akatsi District is a former district that was located in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989, which was created from the former Anlo District Council. However, on 28 June 2012, it was split off ...

, while its eastern neighbour was the

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Villages

In addition to Agortime-Kpetoe, the capital town and administrative centre, Adaklu-Anyigbe District contained the following villages:

Sources

Districts of Ghana
on Statoids.com
Agortime-Kpetoe on GhanaDistricts.com

External links

Adaklu-Anyigbe District Official Website

References

Districts of Volta Region States and territories disestablished in 2012 {{VoltaRegion-geo-stub