Agona East District

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Agona East District
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Agona East District
Location of Agona East District within Central
Coordinates: 5°38′35.88″N0°45′2.88″W / 5.6433000°N 0.7508000°W / 5.6433000; -0.7508000
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Flag of Central Region (Ghana).gif Central
Capital Nsaba
Government
  District ExecutiveMartin Luther Obeng
Area
  Total318 km2 (123 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total98,324 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code GH-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.

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List of settlements

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

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5°38′35.88″N0°45′2.88″W / 5.6433000°N 0.7508000°W / 5.6433000; -0.7508000