West Akim Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in 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 created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as West Akim District, which was created from the former West Akim District Council. Later, it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 1 November 2007 (effectively 29 February 2008) to become West Akim Municipal District. However on 28 June 2012, the southern part of the district was split off to create

Upper West Akim District Upper West Akim District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger West Akim District in 1988, which was created from the former West Akim District Council, which it was elev ...

; thus the remaining part has been retained as West Akim Municipal District. The municipality is located in the southern part of Eastern Region and has

Asamankese Asamankese is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of West Akim Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region, Ghana, Eastern Region of south Ghana. Asamankese has a 2013 settlement population of approximately 39,435 people. Asam ...

as its capital town.

List of settlements

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Districts: West Akim Municipal District

References

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