Ga North Municipal Assembly

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Ga North Municipal Assembly
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Ga North Municipal Assembly
Location of Ga North Municipal Assembly within Greater Accra
Coordinates: 5°39′48.24″N0°15′55.44″W / 5.6634000°N 0.2654000°W / 5.6634000; -0.2654000
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Flag of Greater Accra Region.gif Greater Accra
Capital Ofankor
Population
 (2021)
  Total235,292 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code GH-AA-GN

Ga North Municipal Assembly is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ga West District in 2004, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Ga North Municipal District on 15 March 2018, which was supported by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2314; [5] thus the remaining part has been retained as Ga West Municipal Assembly . The municipality is located in the western part of Greater Accra Region and has Ofankor as its capital town.

Contents

Schools in the Municipal Assembly

Pokuase Methodist Basic School

Hospitals

Economic Activities

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5°39′48.24″N0°15′55.44″W / 5.6634000°N 0.2654000°W / 5.6634000; -0.2654000