East Akim Municipal District
East Akim Municipal District is a former district in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as East Akim District. Later, part of the district would be split off to become Atiwa District in 2004. [1] It was upgraded to municipal district assembly status by the NPP Kufuor government in February 2008. However on 1 June 2018, it was split out into two new districts: Abuakwa North Municipal District (capital: Kukurantumi) and Abuakwa South Municipal District (capital: Kibi). The municipality was located in the central part of Eastern Region and had Kibi as its capital town.
East Akim Municipal Assembly | |
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Municipal District | |
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 Eastern Region districts | |
  East Akim Municipal Assembly Location of East Akim Municipal District in Eastern Region | |
| Coordinates: 6.168°N 0.552°W | |
| Region | Eastern Region |
| Capital | Kibi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal District Assembly |
| • District Executive | Owusu Twum Ampofo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 752 km2 (290 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
List of settlements
| Settlements of East Akim Municipal District | |||
| No. | Settlement | Population | Population year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akim Apapam | ||
| 2 | Akim Tafo | ||
| 3 | Apedwa | ||
| 4 | Asafo | ||
| 5 | Asiakwa | ||
| 6 | Bunso | ||
| 7 | Maase | ||
| 8 | New Tafo | ||
| 9 | Nkronso | ||
| 10 | Old Tafo | ||
| 11 | Osiem | 6544 | 2017 |
| 12 | Kibi | 11,677 | 2013 |
| 13 | Kukurantumi | ||
References
- "Eastern Region » East Akim Municipal". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
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