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Denkyembour District
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Denkyembour District
Location of Denkyembour District within Eastern
Coordinates: 6°3′N0°48′W / 6.050°N 0.800°W / 6.050; -0.800
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Flag of Eastern Region (Ghana).gif Eastern
Capital Akwatia
Population
 (2021)
  Total77,029 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Denkyembour District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. [2] [3] [4] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Kwaebibirem District in 1988, which was created from the former West Akim District Council. However on 6 February 2012 (effectively 28 June 2012), the southern part of the district was split off to create Denkyembour District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Kwaebibirem District, which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 15 March 2018 to become Kwaebibirem Municipal District . The district assembly is located in the southern part of Eastern Region and has Akwatia as its capital town.

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References

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  3. "All Districts". ghanadistricts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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Coordinates: 6°3′N0°48′W / 6.050°N 0.800°W / 6.050; -0.800