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Coaltar is the capital of the Ayensuano in the
Eastern Region Eastern Region or East Region may refer to: * Eastern Region (Abu Dhabi): Al Ain *Eastern Region, Ghana *Eastern Region (Iceland) *Eastern Region, Nepal *Eastern Region, Nigeria * Eastern Region, Serbia * Eastern Region, Uganda * Eastern Region of ...
of
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 ...
. Coaltar used to be in the
Suhum/Kraboa/Coaltar District Suhum/Kraboa/Coaltar District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District Council. However on 28 June ...
until 2012 when the district was split into the
Suhum Municipal District Suhum Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in the Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District in 1988, which was created from the former Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar Distri ...
and the Ayensuano districts. Following this, Coaltar became the district capital. As at 2021, the District Chief Executive is Josephine Inkoom.


Location

Coaltar is to the northwest of
Nsawam Nsawam is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of the Nsawam-Adoagyire Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. The main ethnic group is Akan, followed by Ga and then Ewe.Nsawam Adoagyire District. To the west is Asamankese, capital of the
West Akim Municipal District West Akim Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as West Akim District, which was created from the former West Akim District ...
and to the south is
Adeiso Adeiso is capital of the Upper West Akim district of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Location Adeiso is located just north of the southern border of the Eastern Region. Nsawam, capital of the Nsawam Adoagyire municipal district is located to the ...
, capital of the
Upper West Akim District Upper West Akim District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger West Akim District in 1988, which was created from the former West Akim District Council, which it was elev ...
.


See also

* Ayensuano (district) *
Ayensuano (Ghana parliament constituency) The Ayensuano constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana. the member of Parliament for the constituency is Ayeh-Paye Samuel. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and won a majority of 3,892 votes more than candida ...


References

{{Ghana district capitals, state=collapsed Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana)