Bia West District is one of the nine districts in
Western North Region
The Western North Region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in 2019. The region is bounded by the Ivory Coast (Comoé District) on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions ...
,
Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger
Bia District
Bia District is a former district that was located in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Juaboso-Bia District in 1988, which was created from the former Sefwi-Bibiani District Council, until the northwest ...
in August 2004, which was created from the former
Sefwi-Bibiani District
Sefwi-Bibiani District is a former district council that was located in Western Region (now currently in Western North Region), Ghana. Originally created as an district council in 1975. However on 1988, it was split off into two new district ass ...
Council, until the northeast part of the district was split off to create
Bia East District
Bia East District is one of the nine districts in Western North Region, Ghana. It was formerly part of the then-larger Bia District until the Eastern part was split off in 2012 to form the Bia East District while the Western part was renamed ...
on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Bia West District. The district assembly is located in the northwest part of Western North Region and has
Sefwi Essam as its capital town.
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Bia West District
References
Districts of the Western North Region
Districts of Ghana
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