Ketu South Municipal Assembly formerly Ketu South District, is an administrative unit in the

Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi- ...

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History

Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ketu District on 10 March 1989, which was created from the former

Anlo District Anlo District is a former district council that was located in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1975. However, on 10 March 1989, it was split off into three new district assemblies: Keta District (capital ...

Council, until the northern part of the district was split off to create Ketu North District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as

Ketu South District Ketu South Municipal Assembly formerly Ketu South District, is an administrative unit in the Volta Region, Ghana. History Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ketu District on 10 March 1989, which was created from the former ...

. It was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 28 June 2012 to become ''Ketu South Municipal District''. The municipality is located in the southeast corner of

, immediately adjacent to the city of

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to the east, and has

Denu Denu is a small town which is the capital of Ketu South Municipal, a district on the south-eastern corner of the Volta Region of Ghana, next to Aflao the border town with Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Afr ...

as its capital town.

Geography

The district is bounded by

to the east, the

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to the south,

Keta Municipal District Keta Municipal District is one of the eighteen districts in Volta Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Keta District, which was created from the former Anlo District Council, until it was ...

to the west and Ketu North District to the north.

Settlements

The largest settlements in the district are

Aflao Aflao is a border town in the Ketu South District in the Volta Region of Ghana on the Ghana–Togo border, border with Togo. Aflao is the twenty-eighth most populous Human settlement, settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a populat ...

, Avoeme, Klikor, Pernyi, and

Agbozume Agbozume or Klikor-Agbozume is a town in Ketu Municipal District in the Volta Region of southeastern Ghana. The main language spoken is the Ewe language. History Agbozume is a settlement of the Somey people, whose subordinate position to the A ...

. Other settlements include Salakope,

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, Sonuto, Blekusu, Adafienu, Nogokpoe, Agavedzi and Amutsinu.

Elections

In the 2016 general elections, this constituency has been listed as the topmost one by voter population with over 141,698 registered voters.

References

Districts of Volta Region States and territories disestablished in 2008 {{VoltaRegion-geo-stub