Atiwa East District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region,

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

East Akim District East Akim Municipal District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as East Akim District, which was created from the former East Akim Distric ...

on 17 February 2004, which was created from the former East Akim District Council, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Atiwa East District on 1 June 2018; thus the remaining part has been renamed as

Atiwa West District Atiwa West District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger East Akim District on 17 February 2004, which was created from the former East Akim District Council, until the ...

. The district assembly is located in the central part of Eastern Region and has

Anyinam Anyinam is a town and capital of the Atiwa East District located in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Anyinam is the birthplace of Osei Tutu. According to Gus Casely-Hayford Augustus Lavinus Casely-Hayford (born 1964) is a British curator, cu ...

as its capital town.

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Districts of the Eastern Region (Ghana) {{Ghana-geo-stub