Afadzato South District (a.k.a. Afadzato Anyigbe) is one of the eighteen districts 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
Hohoe District
Hohoe Municipal District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Hohoe District, until it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 F ...
on 10 March 1989, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Afadzato South District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining portion has been retained as
Hohoe Municipal District. The district assembly is located in the northern part of Volta Region and has
Ve Golokwati
Ve Golokwati is a small town and is the capital of Afadzato South district, a district in central Volta Region of Ghana.
Geography
Location
Ve Golokwati is located between Ve Kolenu and Ve-Gbodome one of the oldest Municipal districts in Volta ...
as its capital town.
Geography
The District shares boundaries with Hohoe Municipal to the North, Kpando Municipal to the west, to the east with the Republic of Togo and to the south with Ho West District and South Dayi District respectively.
Villages
Population and Distribution
The total population of the District according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census is about 95,030 with the male population numbering approximately 46,272, representing 48.7 percent and the female population numbering 48,758 constituting the remaining 51.3 percent. The population of the District forms 4.5 percent of the Regional population. The District has majority of its people in the rural areas (81.3%) compared to (18.7%) in the urban areas.
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References
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Districts of Volta Region