The Eastern Region is located in south

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and is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. Eastern region is bordered to the east by the Lake Volta, to the north by

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and

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, to the west by

, to the south by Central region and

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. Akans are the dominant inhabitants and natives of Eastern region and

Akan Akan may refer to: People and languages *Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire *Akan language, a language spoken by the Akan people *Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan *Central Tano languages, a language group w ...

, Ewe, Krobo,

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and

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are the main spoken languages. The capital town of Eastern Region is

Koforidua Koforidua, also popularly known as K-dua or Kofcity, is a city and the capital of Eastern Region in southern Ghana. Koforidua was founded in 1875 by migrants from Ashanti. It is also called New Juaben. The city has a settlement city proper pop ...

.The Eastern region is the location of the

Akosombo dam The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority. The construction of the dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin and led ...

and the economy of the Eastern region is dominated by its high-capacity

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. Eastern region covers an area of 19,323 square kilometres, which is about 8.1% of Ghana's total

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Hydro project

High-capacity

Akosombo Hydroelectric Project contains three main

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: the

Black Volta The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta. The source of the Black Volta is in the Cascades Region of Burki ...

; the

White Volta The White Volta or Nakambé is the headstream of the Volta River, Ghana's main waterway. The White Volta emerges in northern Burkina Faso, flows through North Ghana and empties into Lake Volta in Ghana. The White Volta's main tributaries are the ...

and the

Red Volta The Red Volta or Nazinon is a waterway flowing located in West Africa. It emerges near Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and has a length of about 320 km which it joins the White Volta in Ghana. The river is primarily located in Burkina Faso and ...

and the Akosombo Hydroelectric Project flows into the

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on the

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.The

Akosombo Dam The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority. The construction of the dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin and led ...

was completed in 1965 as part of the

Volta River The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In ...

Project. The dam measures at 440 ft (134 m) above ground level. The large electric power generating capacity is 912 megawatts. The dam helps supplies electricity to an economically important town called

Tema Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most populo ...

Education

Senior High Schools

* Abetifi Presbyterian senior High School * Abetifi technical school * Abetifi vocational institute * Abuakwa state college * Abuakwa State College *

Aburi Girls' Senior High School Aburi Girls' Senior High School, formerly Aburi Girls' Secondary School, also known as ABUGISS, is a Presbyterian senior high boarding school for girls located south of Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The brother school of Aburi Girls i ...

* Aburi Presby Senior High * Adeisu Presbyterian Senior High School *

Adonten Senior High School Adonten Senior High School is a coeducational first-cycle institution located south of Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The school runs courses in Business, Science, general arts, general agric, Home Economics and visual arts, leading to ...

* Adukrom Presbyterian Senior High Technical School *

Akim Oda Akim Oda is a town in the Eastern Region of south Ghana and is the capital of the Birim Central Municipal District and the traditional capital of Akyem Kotoku. In 2013, Akim Oda had a settlement population of 60,604 people. Geography and clim ...

Senior High School * Akim Achiase Senior High School * Akim Swedru Senior High School *

Akro Senior High Technical School Akro Senior High Technical School (also known as ASHTECH) is a public school located in the Odumase-Krobo Krobo Odumase is a town and capital of Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The Presbyterian Boys' ...

, Odumase Krobo * Akwamuman Senior High School * Akosombo International School * Anum Presby Senior High School * Asafo senior high * Asamankese Senior High School * Asesewa Senior High School * Akuse methodist senior high school * Akro senior high School * Asuom Senior High School * Begoro Presbyterian Senior High School *

Benkum Senior High School Benkum Senior High School, is a Presbyterian category B co-educational first-cycle institution in Larteh Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The school runs courses in Business, Science, general arts, general agric, Home Economics and visu ...

* Boso Senior High Tech School * Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School * Ghana Senior High School, Koforidua *

H'Mount Sinai Senior High School H'Mount Sinai Senior High School is a category C co-educational first-cycle institution in Akropong in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The school runs courses in Business, Science, general arts, general agric, Home Economics and visual arts, lead ...

* Islamic girls senior high * Kibi Secondary Technical Senior High School * Kibi Technical Institute * Klo Agogo Senior High School * Koforidua Senior High Technical School *

Krobo Girls Senior High School Krobo Girls' Senior High School is an all female second cycle institution in Odumasi Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf o ...

* Kwabeng Anglican Senior High and Technical School * Legacy Girls' College, Akuse * Mangoase Senior High School * Manya Krobo Senior High School * Methodist Girls' High School (Mamfe) * Akuse Methodist Senior High Technical School * Mpraeso Senior High School * New Abirem Senior High School * New Juaben Senior High Commercial School * New Nsutam Senior High School *

Nifa Senior High School Nifa Senior High School (NISEC) is a category B co-educational second-cycle institution in Adukrom, situated in the Okere District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. History A community-based institution, the school was established in 1971 as a pr ...

* Nkawkaw Senior High School * Nkwatia Presby Senior High School * Nsawam Senior High school *

Ofori Panin Senior High School Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) is a co-educational second cycle institution at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Ofori Panin School (formerly Tafo-Kukurantumi Senior High school, now nicknamed OPASS), is a co-educational boardi ...

Okuapeman Senior High School Okuapeman School is a coeducational first-cycle institution in Akropong in the Eastern Region of Ghana. History The school was established in 1957 by barrister Charles Opoku Acheampong, who had been a pupil in the chambers of Edward Akufo-Addo. ...

* Osino Senior High School * Oti Boateng Senior High School * Oyoko Methodist Senior High School *

Presbyterian Senior High School, Akuapim-Mampong The Presbyterian Senior High School is a Presbyterian coeducational first-cycle institution in Akuapim-Mampong in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is situated northeast of Tutu, close to Mampong Akwapim Senior High/Technical School for the Deaf. ...

* Presbyterian Senior High Technical School, Adukrom *

Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (formerly St John's Seminary and College, nicknamed POJOSS), is an all-boys boarding school, located at Effiduase, Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It was established in 1958 by Bishop ...

* Saint Francis Senior High School * Saviour Senior High School * Sekyere Senior High School * Somanya Senior High Technical School. * St Fidelis Senior High School * St Matins Senior High School * St Paul's Senior Secondary School *

St. Peter's Boys Senior High School St. Peter's Senior High School, or PERSCO, is a Roman Catholic boys' senior high school in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The school was established in 1957 by the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD). The school is located in the town of Nkwat ...

* St Roses Senior High (Akwatia) * St Stephens senior and technical * St Thomas Senior High Technical School, Asamankese * Suhum Presbyterian Senior High School * Suhum Senior High and Technical School * W.B.M.Zion Senior High School, Old Tafo, * Yilo Krobo Senior High School The region also boasts of some quality basic schools such as Hecta School Complex, established in 1962, and others.

Colleges

Kibi Presbyterian College of Education Kibi Presbyterian College of Education is a teacher education college in Kibi (East Akim Municipal District, Eastern Region, Ghana).Björn Haßler, Jacob Tetteh Akunor, Enock Seth Nyamador (2017). An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in ...

Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong The Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong, is a co-educational teacher-training college in Akropong in the Akwapim district of the Eastern Region of Ghana. It has gone through a series of previous names, including the Presbyterian Trainin ...

Presbyterian Women's College of Education Presbyterian Women's College of Education formerly Aburi Women's Teacher Training College is an all-female college of education, Aburi in the Eastern Region, Ghana, Eastern Region Ghana. The college was established by the Basel Mission, Basel ...

* Mount Mary College of Education, Somanya * Seventh Day Adventist College of Education, Asokore *

Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education is a teacher education college in Abetifi-Kwahu ( Kwahu East, Eastern, Ghana).Björn Haßler, Jacob Tetteh Akunor, Enock Seth Nyamador (2017). An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana. Availa ...

Universities

Ashesi University Ashesi University ( ) is a private, non-profit university located in Accra, Ghana. The mission of Ashesi University is to educate ethical, entrepreneurial leaders in Africa; to cultivate within students the critical thinking skills, the concer ...

All Nations University All Nations University was founded by Rev. Dr. Samuel Donkor in Ghana. It began with 37 students in October 2002 and has now expanded to over 2000 students. It became an accredited university college in Ghana in October 2002. The university is a ...

University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies The University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES) is a tertiary education initiative by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council under the authority of the Okyenhene Amoatia Ofori Panin II (King of Akyem Abuakwa). It is the ...

* Koforidua Technical University
Presbyterian University College (Abetifi Kwahu)
* Presbyterian University college ( Akropong)

Districts

District changes

Achiase District was carved out of the existing Birim South District and inaugurated on 22 February 2019. The

Afram Plains District Afram Plains 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 Kwahu North District, which was created from the former Kwahu District Council ...

has since been split into two and renamed as Kwahu Afram Plains North District with its capital being Donkorkrom and Kwahu Afram Plains South District with its capital also being Tease. The

Akuapim South District Akuapim South District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger and first Akuapim South District in 1988, which it was created from the former Akuapim District Council; un ...

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 ...

and

Kwahu West District Kwahu West Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Kwahu South District in 1988, which was created from the former Kwahu District Council, until the sout ...

s have been upgraded to Municipal status with the addition of

Birim Central Municipal District Birim Central 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 the first Birim South District, which it was created from the former ...

which is entirely new. Other new districts include Akyemansa District and

Kwahu East District Kwahu East District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Kwahu South District in 1988, which was created from the former Kwahu District Council, until the northwest pa ...

. The

Manya Krobo District Manya Krobo 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 Kaoga District Council. However on 29 February 2008, it was split ...

has been split into

Lower Manya Krobo District Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana.Upper Manya Krobo District.

Administrative divisions

The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 33 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 13 Municipal and 20 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The MMDA's were increased from 9 to 15 in 1988; then from 15 to 17 in 2004; then from 17 to 21 in 2008; then from 21 to 26 in 2012; and recently from 26 to 33 in 2018. The current list is as follows:

Culture

Tourist Sites

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* Aburi Botanical Garden
Boti Waterfalls
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Shai Hills Resource Reserve Shai Hills Resource Reserve is a resource reserve located in Doryumu in the Shai Osudoku District all in the Greater Accra Region. It was established in 1962 with area of which was later extended to in 1973. History The area was declared F ...

Umbrella Rock The Umbrella Rock is a rock found at the site of the Boti Falls in Yilo Krobo District Yilo Krobo Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 w ...

Atewa Range Forest Reserve The Atewa Range Forest Reserve (also called the Atiwa-Atwaredu ranges) is in the Akyem Abuakwa region of southeastern Ghana, near the town of Kibi, and south-west of the Kwahu Plateau which forms the south-west boundary of Lake Volta. The range ...

* Lake Volta
The Big Tree at OdaTetteh Quarshie Cocoa FarmBead Factory
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Dodi Island Dodi Island is an island in Ghana, located off the shore of Lake Volta. It is a tourist destination and a land place for the cruise ship, Dodi Princess. Gallery File:Dodi Island and Rocky Shore − Lake Volta.jpg, Rocky Shores of Dodi Isla ...

Adomi Bridge The Adomi Bridge (originally the Volta Bridge) is a latticed steel arch suspension bridge crossing the Volta River at Atimpoku in Ghana in West Africa. It is the first permanent bridge to span the Volta River, which drains south into the Gulf of G ...

Akaa Waterfalls

Ghana Bike and Hike Tours
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Kwahu plateau The Kwahu Plateau is a long plateau in southern Ghana. It consists of the uplifted southern edge of the Volta River Basin. It forms the main watershed of Ghana, separating rivers in the Volta River system from rivers in the western half of Ghana ...

Akwawa Mountain Peak

Famous native citizens

References

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