Ho Municipal District is one of the eighteen districts in
Volta Region
Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-et ...
,
Ghana
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. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989 when it was known as
Ho District, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of 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 13 August 2004 to create
Adaklu-Anyigbe District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Ho District. However on 28 June 2012, the western part of the district was later split off to create
Ho West District
Ho West District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ho District on 10 March 1989, until the western part was split off to create Ho West District on 28 June 2012; thus the ...
; thus the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Ho Municipal District, which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2074. The municipality is located in the central part of Volta Region and has
Ho as its capital town.
Population
, the population was 177,281 with 83,819 males and 93,462 females.
History
The district's capital Ho, arose initially from a union of two villages namely, Banakoe (today Bankoe) and Hegbe (today Heve).
Villages
In addition to Ho, the capital and administrative centre, Ho Municipal District contains the following villages:
References
Sources
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Ho Municipal District on GhanaDistricts.com
External links
Ho Municipal District Official Website
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Districts of Volta Region