Suhum Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in the
Eastern 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
Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District in 1988, which was created from the former
Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District Council, until the southern part of the district was split off to create
Ayensuano District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Suhum Municipal District, which was also elevated into municipal district assembly status in that same year.
The municipality is located in the southern part of Eastern Region and has
Suhum
Suhum, Sūḫu, or Suhi was an ancient geographic region around the middle course of the Euphrates River, south of Mari.
=History=
Its known history covers the period from the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000-1700/1600 BCE) to the Iron Age (c. ...
as its capital town.
The Chief executive officer of Suhum is Margare
Darko
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Districts of the Eastern Region (Ghana)
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