Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly

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Korle-Klottey Municipal District
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Korle-Klottey Municipal District
Location of Korle-Klottey Municipal District within Greater Accra
Coordinates: 5°33′14″N0°10′30″W / 5.55389°N 0.17500°W / 5.55389; -0.17500
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Flag of Greater Accra Region.gif Greater Accra
Capital Osu
Population
 (2021)
  Total
68,633 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 code GH-EP-__

Korle-Klottey Municipal District 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 Accra Metropolitan District in 1988, until a small portion of the district was split off to create Korle-Klottey Municipal District on 19 February 2019; thus the remaining part has been retained as Accra Metropolitan District. The municipality is located in the central part of Greater Accra Region and has Osu as its capital town.

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