Western Region (Ghana)

Western Region

regions of Ghana

Country	Ghana
Capital	Sekondi-Takoradi
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Ghana
Located in time zone	Greenwich Mean Time
Coordinate location	5°30′0″N 2°30′0″W
Dey share bother plus	Western North Region, Central Region

De Western region, dey locate insyd south Ghana, dey spread from de Ivory Coast (Comoé District) insyd de west to de Central region insyd de east, wey dey include de capital den large twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi for de coast, coastal Axim, den a hilly inland area wey dey include Elubo. E dey include Ghana ein southernmost location, Cape Three Points, wer na dem discover crude oil for commercial quantities insyd June 2007. De region dey cover an area of 13,842 km², wey na e get a population of 2,060,585 for de 2021 Census. E get a coastline wey dey stretch from South Ghana ein border plus de Ivory Coast to de boundary plus de Central region for de east.

Tourism

De largest rivers be de Ankobra River, de Bia River, den de Pra River insyd de east, plus de Tano River wey dey partly form de western national border. De area be known for de UNESCO World Heritage Site, de village of Nzulezo dem build entirely for stilts den platforms top over water den de Ankasa Protected Area. Der be a series of imposing Portuguese, Dutch, British, den Brandenburgian forts along de coast, dem build from 1512 dey go.

De region be an Akan region wey comprise Wassa, Ahanta, den Nzema. Wassa be de largest tribe insyd de region. However, de popular language dem dey speak insyd de region be Fanti. De Western region dey boast of chaw beaches den mining companies. De popular Ghana Gold fields mine dey locate insyd de region for Tarkwa.

Education

De Western region get chaw post-secondary schools, wey dey include teachers' den nursing colleges, den two universities--University of Mines and Technology (insyd Tarkwa) den Takoradi Technical University (dem formerly know as Takoradi Polytechnic).

Administrative divisions

Before de regional demarcation insyd December 2018, na de region get 23 MMDA's (dem make up of 1 Metropolitan, 11 Municipal den 11 Ordinary Assemblies). Der fore, as part of dis reorganisation, nine MMDA's (those insyd bold den asterisks below, wich na dem be 3 Municipal den 6 Ordinary Assemblies) na dem komot dem from de Western region wey dem form am into a new Western North region plus ein new capital for Wiawso.

De political administration of de region be thru de local government system. Under dis administration system, na dem divide de region into 14 MMDA's (dem make up of 1 Metropolitan, 8 Municipal den 5 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal anaa Metropolitan Assembly, be administered by a Chief Executive, wey dey represent de central government buh dey derive authority from an Assembly wey be head by a presiding member dem elect from among de members demaselves. De current list be as follows:

Districts of de Western region

Districts of de Western region

#	MMDA name	Capital	MMDA type	Population census 2010	Population projection 2019
1	Ahanta West	Agona Nkwanta	Municipal	106,215	139,188
-	Aowin*	Enchi	Municipal	117,886	154,661
-	Bia East*	Adabokrom	Ordinary	27,393	37,108
-	Bia West*	Essam	Ordinary	88,939	111,355
-	Bodi*	Bodi	Ordinary	53,314	68,055
2	Ellembelle	Nkroful	Ordinary	87,501	114,441
3	Jomoro	Half Assini	Municipal	150,107	194,808
-	Juabeso*	Juaboso	Ordinary	58,435	77,678
4	Mpohor	Mpohor	Ordinary	42,923	55,678
5	Nzema East	Axim	Municipal	60,828	80,480
6	Prestea-Huni Valley	Bogoso	Municipal	159,304	207,237
-	Sefwi-Akontombra*	Sefwi Akontombra	Ordinary	82,467	108,266
-	Bibiani/Anhwiaso/Bekwai*	Bibiani	Municipal	123,272	160,844
-	Sefwi-Wiawso*	Wiawso	Municipal	139,200	182,510
7	Sekondi-Takoradi	Sekondi	Metropolitan	559,548	726,905
8	Effia-Kwesimintsim	Kwesimintsim	Ordinary	N/A	N/A
9	Shama	Shama	Ordinary	81,966	105,173
-	Suaman*	Dadieso	Ordinary	20,529	27,832
10	Tarkwa-Nsuaem	Tarkwa	Municipal	90,477	117,550
11	Wassa Amenfi Central	Manso Amenfi	Ordinary	69,014	89,703
12	Wassa Amenfi East	Wassa-Akropong	Municipal	83,478	108,272
13	Wassa Amenfi West	Asankragua	Municipal	92,152	120,643
14	Wassa East	Daboase	Ordinary	81,073	105,163
Total				2,376,021	3,093,201

Famous native citizens

Famous native citizens of Western region
#	Citizen	Settlement
1	Samuel Inkoom	Sekondi-Takoradi
2	Nadia Buari	Sekondi-Takoradi
3	Boris Kodjoe	Sekondi-Takoradi
4	John Atta Mills	Tarkwa
5	Kwame Nkrumah	Nkroful
6	Anton Wilhelm Amo	Axim
7	Joseph Boahen Aidoo	Wassa Afransie
8	Kofi Kinaata	Takoradi
9	Gyedu-Blay Ambolley	Sekondi-Takoradi
10	Godfried Gambrah	Sekondi-Takoradi
11	Kwame Nkrumah	Nkroful (Nzema people)

External links

• Latest list of Regional Ministers in 2008