Kwahu South District

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Kwahu South Municipal Assembly
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Kwahu South Municipal Assembly
Location of Kwahu South District within Eastern
Coordinates: 6°34′48″N0°43′47″W / 6.58000°N 0.72972°W / 6.58000; -0.72972
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Flag of Eastern Region (Ghana).gif Eastern
Capital Mpraeso
Government
  Municipal Chief ExecutiveEmmanuel Ofori Atta Snr
Area
  Total1,462 km2 (564 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total80,358 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
Website Official Website

Kwahu South District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Visit https://kwahusouth.gov.gh for more. Created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, it was created from the former Kwahu District Council. Later, the southwest part of the district was split off to create Kwahu West District in August 2004 (which later was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 1 July 2007 (effectively 29 February 2008) to become Kwahu West Municipal District); thus the remaining part has been retained as Kwahu South District. Then the northwest part of the district was split off to create Kwahu East District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been still retained as Kwahu South District. The district assembly is located in the western part of the Eastern Region and has Mpraeso as its capital town. The official website of Kwahu South Municipal Assembly is https://kwahusouth.gov.gh

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List of settlements

Kwahu South District also contains the small town of Atibie. The other main small towns of Kwahu South District include Bepong and Obo. Kwahu South District is popular for the Kwahu Easter holiday, at which time the Kwahu South District people are overcrowded.

Settlements of Kwahu South Municipal
No. Settlement PopulationPopulation year
1Aduamoa
2Akwaseho
3Asakraka
4 Atibie
5 Bepong
6Kotoso
7Kwahu-Adawso
8Kwahu Praso II
9Kwahu-Tafo
10 Mpraeso 11,1902013
11New Oworobong
12'Nketepa
13' Oboo
14'Obomeng
15Sempoah
16Suminakese

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