Nzema East Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region,

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. 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 District Nzema District is a former district council that was located in Western Region, Ghana. Originally created as an district council in 1975. However on 1988, it was split off into two new district assemblies: Jomoro District (capital: Half Assini) a ...

Council, until the western part of the district was split off by a decree of then-president

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on 29 February 2008 to create

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

; thus the remaining part has been retained as Nzema East District, which was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on the same year to become Nzema East Municipal District. The municipality is located in the southwest part of Western Region and has

Axim Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana. Axim lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region, west of Cape Three Points. Axim has ...

as its capital town.

List of settlements

Sources

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GhanaDistricts.com

References

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