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 into two new districts: Akatsi South District (capital: Akatsi) and Akatsi North District (capital: Ave Dakpa). The district assembly was located in the southeast part of Volta Region and had Akatsi as its capital town.

Location and geography

Location

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, to the east, the

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, the North and

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s to the west and

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and the Republic of Togo to the north.

Sources

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Akatsi District on GhanaDistricts.com

External links

Akatsi District Official Website

References

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