Birim North District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region,

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. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Birim District Council, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Akyemansa District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been retained as Birim North District. The district assembly is located in the southwest part of Eastern Region and has New Abirem as its capital town.

Geography

The

Birim River The Birim River is one of the main tributaries of the Pra River in Ghana and the country's most important diamond-producing area, flowing through most of the width of the Eastern region. The river rises in the east of the Atewa Range, flows nor ...

flows through the Birim North District, an important source of

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List of settlements

External links

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Biram North District Official Website

References

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