Ablekuma Central Municipal District
Municipal District
Districts of Greater Accra Region
Districts of Greater Accra Region
Ablekuma Central Municipal District is located in Ghana
Ablekuma Central Municipal District
Ablekuma Central Municipal District
Location of Ablekuma Central Municipal District within Greater Accra
Coordinates: 5°33′11.88″N 0°14′24.36″W / 5.5533000°N 0.2401000°W / 5.5533000; -0.2401000
Country Ghana
Region Greater Accra
CapitalLartebiokorshie
Area
 • Total9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021[1])
 • Total169,145
 • Density19,000/km2 (49,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 codeGH-EP-__

Ablekuma Central Municipal District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.[2][3][4][5] 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 Ablekuma Central 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 Lartebiokorshie as its capital town.

Governance

Localities in Ablekuma Central

The Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly was established on 19th February 2019 by an LI 2376. The Assembly was carved out from Accra Metropolitan Assembly. The Assembly therefore started implementation of projects within its area of jurisdiction from March 2019. The Ablekuma Central Municipal is located at the northern part of the Greater Accra Region. It is Western neighbour is Ablekuma West Municipal, Accra Metropolitan Assembly on the South East and on the North by Ablekuma North Municipal. Whilst the northeast is bounded by Okaikoi South sub-metropolitan district. Some of the Towns and Areas in the district seen in the image below

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ghana: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ "New Districts & Nominated DCEs" (PDF). ghanadistricts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2013.
  3. ^ "All Districts". ghanadistricts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Districts of Ghana". statoids. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Ablekuma Central Assembly warns against building without permits - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

5°33′11.88″N 0°14′24.36″W / 5.5533000°N 0.2401000°W / 5.5533000; -0.2401000


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