Districts, Municipals and Metropolitan in Ghana and Their Capitals III

Ghana is is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Ghana has Accra as it’s capital city and a total population of about 27 million.

Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km², Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south.

The country has 10 regions with ten regional capitals.

The Districts of Ghana are second-level administrative subdivisions of Ghana, below the level of region.

The districts of Ghana were re-organized in 1988/1989 in an attempt to decentralize the government and to combat the rampant corruption amongst officials.

The reform of the late 1980s subdivided the regions of Ghana into 110 districts, where local district assemblies should deal with the local administration.

By 2006, an additional 28 districts were created by splitting some of the original 110, bringing their number up to 138. In February 2008, there were more districts created and some were upgraded to municipal status.

This brought the final number to 170 districts in Ghana. Since then, a further 46 districts have been added since 28 June 2012 bringing the total to 216 districts.

 

UPPER WEST REGION

The capital of Upper west region is Wa. The Upper West Region of Ghana contains 11 districts consisting of 1 municipal and 10 ordinary districts. Below is a table with the details.

NAME OF REGION	DISTRICT/MUNICIPAL NAME	CAPITAL OF DISTRICT/MUNICIPAL
	Daffiama Bussie Issa	Issa
	Jirapa	Jirapa
	Lambussie Karni	Lambussie
	Lawra	Lawra
	Nadowli	Nadowli
UPPER WEST REGION	Nandom	Nandom
	Sissala East	Tumu
	Sissala West	Gwollu
	Wa East	Funsi
	Wa West	Wechiau
	Wa Municipal District	Wa

 

VOLTA REGION

With it’s capital been Ho, the region is known for beautiful water falls, mountainous sites and fishing. The Volta Region of Ghana contains 25 districts made up of 5 municipal and 20 ordinary districts. Below is a tabe with the details.

REGION NAME	DISTRICT/MUNICIPAL NAME	CAPITAL OF DISTRICT/MUNICIPAL
	Adaklu	Adaklu Waya
	Akatsi South	Akatsi
	Afadjato	Ve Golokwati
	Agortime Ziope	Kpetoe
	Akatsi North	Ave-Dakpa
	Biakoye	Nkonya Ahenkro
	Jasikan	Jasikan
	Kadjebi	Kadjebi
	Ketu North	Dzodze
	Krachi East	Dambai
	Krachi Nchumuru	Chindiri
VOLTA REGION	Krachi West	Kete Krachi
	Nkwanta South	Nkwanta
	Nkwanta North	Kpassa
	North Tongu	Battor Dugame
	South Dayi	Kpeve New Town
	South Tongu	Sogakope
	Ho Municipal District	Ho
	Hohoe Municipal District	Hohoe
	Keta Municipal District	Keta
	Ketu South Municipal District	Denu
	Kpando Municipal District	Kpandu
	Ho West	Dzolokpuita
	North Dayi	Anfoega
	Central Tongu	Adidome

 

WESTERN REGION

Known for it’s abundance of natural resources, western region has it capital as Sekondi- Takoradi. The Western Region of Ghana contains 22 districts made up of 1 metropolitan, which is Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District, 2 municipal and 19 ordinary districts. Below is the details.

REGION NAME	DISTRICT/MUNICIPAL NAME	CAPITAL FOR DISTRICT/MUNICIPAL
	Ahanta West	Agona Nkwanta
	Aowin/Suaman	Enchi
	Bia	Sefwi Essam
	Bia East	Asokore Adaborkrom.
	Bibiani/Ahwiaso/Bekwai	Bibiani
	Bodi	Sefwi Bodi
	Ellembele	Ellembele
	Jomoro	Half Assini
	Juaboso	Juaboso
	Mpohor	Mpohor
WESTERN REGION	Mpohor/Wassa East	Daboase
	Prestea-Huni Valley	Bogoso
	Sefwi Akontonbra	Sefwi Akontonbra
	Sefwi--Wiawso	Wiawso
	Shama	Shama
	Suaman	Enchi
	Wassa Amenfi East	Wassa-Akropong.
	Wassa Amenfi West	Asankragua
	Wassa Amenfi Central	Manso Amenfi
	Nzema East Municipal District	Axim
	Tarkwa Nsuaem	Tarkwa