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Wassa Amenfi District is a former district that was located 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 created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former
Aowin-Amenfi District Aowin-Amenfi District is a former district council that was located in Western Region, Ghana. It was originally created as a district council in 1975, but in 1988, it was split off into two new district assemblies: Wassa Amenfi District (capital ...
Council. However, in August 2004, it was split off into two new districts:
Wassa Amenfi West District Wassa Amenfi West Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Wassa Amenfi District in 1988, which was created from the former Aowin-Amenfi District Council, un ...
(which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 15 March 2018; capital:
Asankragua Asankrangwa is the capital of Amenfi West Municipal, a district in the Western Region of 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 ...
) and Wassa Amenfi East District (which it was also elevated to municipal district assembly status on 15 March 2018; capital: Wassa-Akropong). The district assembly was located in the central part of Western Region and had
Asankragua Asankrangwa is the capital of Amenfi West Municipal, a district in the Western Region of 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 ...
as its capital town.


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