Ellembelle District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region,

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 ...

. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Nzema East District in 1988, which was created from the former Nzema District Council, until the western part of the district was split off by a decree of then-president

John Agyekum Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's career has been sp ...

on 29 February 2008 to create Ellembelle District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Nzema East District (which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become

Nzema East Municipal District Nzema East Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. It was originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Nzema East District, which was created from the former Nzema Distri ...

). The district assembly is located in the southwest part of Western Region and has

Nkroful Nkroful is a village in the Ellembelle District, a district in the Western Region of south Ghana, located near Axim in the Nzema East Municipal of the Western Region.

as its capital town.

Places of interest

The Ellembelle District Assembly is located at

Nkroful Nkroful is a village in the Ellembelle District, a district in the Western Region of south Ghana, located near Axim in the Nzema East Municipal of the Western Region.

, the birthplace of

Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah (born 21 September 190927 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An in ...

.Welcome to Ellembelle

Sources

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GhanaDistricts.com

References

Districts of the Western Region (Ghana) {{WesternRegionGH-geo-stub