Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District
Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District | |
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Municipal District | |
.png) Districts of Western Region | |
  Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District Location of Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District within Western | |
| Coordinates: 5°34′7.32″N 2°0′55.8″W / 5.5687000°N 2.015500°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region |  Western |
| Capital | Bogoso |
| Government | |
| • Municipal Chief Executive | Hon. Dr. Issac Dasmani[1] |
| • Succeeded | Hon. Robert Wisdom Cudjoe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,791 km2 (692 sq mi) |
| Population (2021[2]) | |
| • Total | 229,301 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-WP-PV |
Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana.[3] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Wassa West District in 1988, which was created from the former Wassa-Fiase-Mpohor District Council, until the northern part of the district was split off to create Prestea-Huni Valley District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part was renamed as Tarkwa-Nsuaem District (which was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District). However, on 15 March 2018, it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status by President Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo to become Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District. The municipality is located in the eastern part of Western Region and has Bogoso as its capital town.
Settlements
[edit]It has four major towns namely, Prestea, Huni Valley, Aboso and Bogoso. It also has about 29 villages and small-town notable including Damang and Bondaye which are all mining towns.
Education
[edit]The municipal has three secondary schools namely, St. Augustine's senior high school, Huni Valley senior high school and Prestea senior high technical school.
Resources
[edit]The municipal is rich in gold and cocoa, timber and magnesium.
It also have a historical site at Atwereboana, for the war of nsaman k), and the death place for Sir Guggesberg.
Sources
[edit]- "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
- GhanaDistricts.com
References
[edit]- ^ "Akufo Addo Nominates "Isaac Dasmani" As MCE Prestea Huni Valley". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Ghana: Administrative Division
- ^ Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
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5°34′7.32″N 2°0′55.8″W / 5.5687000°N 2.015500°W