Shai Osudoku District is one of the twenty-nine districts in
Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...
,
Ghana
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. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger
Dangme West District in 1988, which was created from the former
Dangme District
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Council, until the southern part of the district was split off to create
Ningo-Prampram District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Shai-Osudoku District. The Shai Osudoku District Assembly
is located in the eastern part of Greater Accra Region and has
Dodowa as its capital town, which is about 39 km from the regional capital, Accra.
Notable places
The main festival of the Shai Osudoku District is the
Ngmayem festival
The Ngmayem Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The festival was established by Nene Azu Mate Kole in 1944 to replace the already existing festival called "Ye ...
. Notable tourist attraction found in the district are the
Chenku Water Falls,
Dodowa ForestShai Osudoku District Hospital Asutsuare Rice Farms
Asutsure is a town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The town is known for the Osudoku Secondary/Technical School. The school is a second cycle institution.
Economic activity> Rice farming.
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Shai Hills Resource Reserve The Stone Lodge which serves visitors to the district is located at Osuwem Junction.
There are other notable institutions lik
Dodowa Health Research Centre The Forest Hotel and the
Shai Osudoku District Hospital.
See also
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Eleme
External links
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GhanaDistricts.comTowns In This District - GhanaDistricts.com
References
Districts of Greater Accra Region
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