East Akim Municipal District is a former district that was located in
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,
Ghana
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. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as
East Akim District
East Akim Municipal District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as East Akim District, which was created from the former East Akim Distric ...
, which was created from the former East Akim District Council. Later, the northwest part of the district was split off to create
Atiwa District
Atiwa District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana, Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger East Akim District in 1988, which was created from the former East Akim District Council, unti ...
on 17 February 2004; thus the remaining part has been retained as East Akim District.
Then it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become East Akim Municipal District. However, on 1 June 2018, it was split off into two new municipal districts:
Abuakwa South Municipal District (capital:
Kibi
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) and
Abuakwa North Municipal District (capital:
Kukurantumi
Kukurantumi is the capital of the Abuakwa North Municipal District of the Eastern Region of Ghana
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). The municipality was located in the central part of Eastern Region and had
Kibi
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as its capital town.
List of settlements
Sources
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Districts: East Akim Municipal District
References
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Districts of the Eastern Region (Ghana)
Districts of Ghana