Upper West Akim District

Upper West Akim District
District
Districts of Eastern Region
Upper West Akim District Location of Upper West Akim District within Eastern
Coordinates: 5°47′N 0°29′W
Country	Ghana
Region	Eastern
Capital	Adeiso
Population  (2021)
• Total	93,391
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Upper West Akim District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana.^[1][2][3] 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 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; thus the remaining part has been retained as West Akim Municipal District. The district assembly is located in the southern part of Eastern Region and has Adeiso as its capital town. Hon Fredrick Obeng Adom as the Mp for the Constituency and Hon Eugene Kwabena Sackey as the DCE.^[4]

References

1. "New Districts & Nominated DCEs" (PDF). ghanadistricts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 Mar 2013.
2. "All Districts". ghanadistricts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
3. "Districts of Ghana". statoids. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
4. "Welcome | Uwada Assembly". uwada.gov.gh. Retrieved 2023-03-28.

5°47′N 0°29′W [ uwada.gov.gh - upper west akim district website]