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'''Agona East District''' is one of the twenty-two districts in [[Eastern Region, Ghana|Eastern Region]], [[Ghana]].<ref>[http://ghanadistricts.gov.gh/home/?_=27&sa=3399 District: Agona East District] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323051508/http://ghanadistricts.gov.gh/home/?_=27&sa=3399 |date=2012-03-23 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yarboi-Tetteh |first=David O. |date=31 October 2019 |title=Ghana: Floods Cause Havoc in 8 Districts in Central Region ... Ucc Suspends Lectures |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201910310368.html |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=allAfrica}}</ref> Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger '''[[Agona District]]''' in 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create '''Agona East District''' on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as '''[[Agona West District]]''', which was also elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become '''[[Agona West Municipal District]]'''. The district assembly is located in the northeast part of Central Region and has [[Nsaba]] as its capital town.

==List of settlements==
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|align=center colspan=4|'''[[Human settlement|Settlements]] of Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly'''
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|- "
!class="unsortable"| No.
!class="unsortable"| [[Human settlement|Settlement]]
!class="unsortable"| Population
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|align=center| '''1'''
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|align=center| '''[[Nsaba]]'''
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|align="left" valign="top"|'''[[Regions of Ghana|Region]]'''
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|colspan=2 valign=top| [[Central Region (Ghana)|Central Region]]
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|align="left" valign="top"|'''District type'''
|colspan=2 valign=top| District Assembly
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|align="left" valign="top"|'''District Chief Executive'''
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|colspan=2 valign=top|Hon.Martin Luther Obeng
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|align="left" valign="top"|'''Succeeded'''
|colspan=2 valign=top|Hon. Dennis Armah Frimpong
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!align="left" valign="top"|'''Capital'''
|colspan=2 valign=top|[[Nsaba]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|'''Area'''
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|align="left" valign="top"|'''Population '''
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The '''Agona East District'''<ref>http://ghanadistricts.gov.gh/home/?_=27&sa=3399</ref> is one of the seventeen (17) [[district of Ghana|districts]] in the [[Central Region (Ghana)|Central Region]] of [[Ghana]]. Its capital is [[Nsaba]]. The district is among the new districts and municipalities created in 2008 by the then President, [[John Kufuor]]. It was inaugurated on 29 February 2008.


==Sources==
==Sources==
* {{statoids|id=ygh|title=Districts of Ghana}}
* {{statoids|id=ygh|title=Agona East District}}
* [http://www.ghanadistricts.com/index.asp GhanaDistricts.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051220143612/http://www.ghanadistricts.com/index.asp District: Agona East District]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:26, 27 September 2023

Agona East District
District
Districts of Central Region
Districts of Central Region
Agona East District is located in Ghana
Agona East District
Agona East District
Location of Agona East District within Central
Coordinates: 5°38′35.88″N 0°45′2.88″W / 5.6433000°N 0.7508000°W / 5.6433000; -0.7508000
Country Ghana
Region Central
CapitalNsaba
Government
 • District ExecutiveMartin Luther Obeng
Area
 • Total318 km2 (123 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total98,324[1]
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 codeGH-CP-

Agona East District is one of the twenty-two districts in Eastern Region, Ghana.[2][3] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Agona District in 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Agona East District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Agona West District, which was also elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Agona West Municipal District. The district assembly is located in the northeast part of Central Region and has Nsaba as its capital town.

List of settlements[edit]

Settlements of Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly
No. Settlement Population Population year
1 Nsaba

Sources[edit]

  • "Agona East District". Statoids.
  • District: Agona East District

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ghana: Administrative Division
  2. ^ District: Agona East District Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Yarboi-Tetteh, David O. (31 October 2019). "Ghana: Floods Cause Havoc in 8 Districts in Central Region ... Ucc Suspends Lectures". allAfrica. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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