Atiwa District

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Atiwa District
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Atiwa District
Location of Atiwa District within Eastern
Coordinates: 6°18′50.4″N0°35′34″W / 6.314000°N 0.59278°W / 6.314000; -0.59278
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Flag of Eastern Region (Ghana).gif Eastern
Capital Kwabeng
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Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Atiwa District is a former district that was located in 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, until the northwest part of the district was split off to create Atiwa District on 17 February 2004; [1] [2] thus the remaining part has been retained as East Akim District, which 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 districts: Atiwa West District (capital: Kwabeng) and Atiwa East District (capital: Anyinam). The municipality was located in the central part of Eastern Region and had Kwabeng as its capital town. [1]

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List of settlements

Settlements of Atiwa District
No. Settlement PopulationPopulation year
1 Abomosu
2Adasawase
3Akim Sekyere
4Akrofufu
5Akwabooso
6 Anyinam
7 Asamama
8Asunafo
9Awemare
10Banso
11Bomaa
12Ekoso
13 Enyiresi
14 Kwabeng
15Moseaso

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  2. "Eastern Region » East Akim Municipal". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2009-11-20.

Coordinates: 6°18′50.4″N0°35′34″W / 6.314000°N 0.59278°W / 6.314000; -0.59278