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

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

Kwabeng Kwabeng is a town in the southern part of Ghana and is the capital of Atiwa District, a district in the Eastern Region in the southern part of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West A ...

as its capital town.

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