The Eastern Region is located in the Eastern part of Ghana and is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. Eastern region is bordered to the east by the Lake Volta,to the north by Bono East Region and Ashanti region,to the west by Ashanti region,to the south by Central region and Greater Accra Region. Akans are the dominant inhabitants and natives of Eastern region and Akan,Ewe,Krobo,Hausa and English are the main spoken languages. The capital town of Eastern Region is Koforidua.The Eastern region is the location of the Akosombo dam and the economy of the Eastern region is dominated by its high-capacity electricity generation. Eastern region covers an area of 19,323 square kilometres,which is about 8.1% of Ghana's total landform.
Yilo Krobo Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region,Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Yilo Krobo District,which it was created from the former Kaoga District Council,until it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 6 February 2012 to become Yilo Krobo Municipal District. The municipality is located in the eastern part of Eastern Region and has Somanya as its capital town.
The Yilo Krobo constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Albert Tetteh Nyakotey. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 4,687 votes more than candidate closest in the race,to win the constituency election to become the MP. He had represented the constituency in the 4th Republican parliament.
Magnus Kofi Amoatey is the MP-elect for the Yilo Krobo Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He will be a member of the sixth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana after the new parliament is sworn in on 7 January 2013 upon the dissolution of the fifth parliament at midnight on 6 January 2013. According to official results released by the Electoral Commission of Ghana,Amoatey won in all but 3 of the 124 polling stations of the Yilo Krobo constituency and polled a total of 26,584,representing 61.49% of valid votes cast.
Krobo Odumase is a town and capital of Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School was formerly located here.
Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi is a Ghanaian politician and a former deputy Eastern Regional Minister of Ghana. He was appointed by President John Atta Mills and served till January 2013. He is currently the deputy Minister of Defence of Ghana.
The Krobo people are an ethnic group in Ghana. They are grouped as part of Ga-Adangbe ethnolinguistic group and they are also the largest group of the seven Dangme ethnic groups of Southeastern Ghana. The Krobo are a farming people who occupy Accra Plains,Akuapem Mountains and the Afram Basin.
Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe was a Ghanaian politician in the first republic. He served as a regional commissioner for the Eastern Region and later for the Central Region. He also served as a member of parliament for the Yilo-Krobo constituency and later the Somanya constituency.
Michael Nyuanu Teye was a member of the Second,Third and Fourth parliament of the Fourth Republic for the Lower Manya constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He is also known as MTN.
Raymond Tawiah Abraham is a Ghanaian politician accountant who was a member of the fifth and fourth parliaments of the fourth Republic of Ghana,representing the Yilo Krobo constituency in Eastern Region.
Daniel Tekpertey is a Ghanaian politician representing the National Democratic Congress as a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana for the Yilo Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD-Ghana) is a newly established University at Trom-Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region Ghana. The institution was established by the Government of Ghana (GoG) through the Ministry of Education so that there will be an equitable "access for all" in Ghana. The institution was a collaborative project between Ghana and the Italian Government.
New Juaben South Municipal Assembly is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region,Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger New Juaben Municipal District in 1988 until the northern part of the district was split off to create New Juaben North Municipal Assembly on 15 March 2018;thus the remaining part has been renamed as New Juaben South Municipal Assembly. The municipality is located in the central part of the Eastern Region and has Koforidua as its capital town.
Emmanuel T. Tetteh is a Ghanaian politician and an Industrialist. He served for Lower Manya Krobo constituency as member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Quarshie Godwin John is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the First Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Yilo Krobo constituency in Eastern Region of Ghana.
Okere District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region,Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Akuapim North District in 1988,which was created from the former Akuapim District Council;until it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 15 March 2012 to become Akuapim North Municipal District.
Teddy Safori Addi is a Ghanaian politician and member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the member of parliament for the Ayensuano Constituency. He is the project manager for AnADDI Group.
Okperpiem is a suburb of Somanya in the Yilo Krobo municipality in the Eastern region of Ghana.
