Ga West Municipal District

Ga West Municipal District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.[3] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Ga District in 1988, until part of the district was split off to create Ga East District in 2004; thus the remaining original part was renamed as Ga West District. Another part of the district was split off to become the 1st Ga South District on 29 February 2008 (which was later split into two new districts: Weija Gbawe Municipal District (capital: Weija), and the present Ga South Municipal District (capital: Ngleshie Amanfro)); while Ga West was later upgraded to municipal district assembly status during that same year. Then another part of the district in the middle of the area was split off to become Ga Central Municipal District on 2012. And most recently, the normal part of the district has split off to become Ga North Municipal District in 2018. The municipality is located in the western part of Greater Accra Region and has Amasaman as its capital town.

Ga West Municipal
Region	Greater Accra Region
District type	Municipal Assembly
Municipal Chief Executive	Hon. Ebenezer Nii Armah Tackie
Succeeded	Hon. Nana Bra, Okae
Capital	Amasaman
Area	- km²
Population	270,989[1][2]
ISO 3166	GH-WP-SA

History

The Ga West Municipal Assembly was established by L.I 1858 on November 2007 and it is the gateway to Accra on the Kumasi Accra route. The Municipality lies within latitude 50°48’ North, 5°39 North and longitude 0°12 west and 0°22 West. It shares common boundaries with Ga East and Accra Metropolitan Assembly to the East, Akuapem South to the North and Ga South to the south and West. It occupies a land area of approximately 305.4sq km with about 193 communities. The Ga West Municipal Area is located within the Densu River Basin, making it a very important riparian zone.[4] Ga East and Ga South were created out of the then Ga District now Ga West Municipal Assembly (GWMA).[5]

Sources

• "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
• GhanaDistricts.com

References

1. Ghana Statistical Service, Population and housing Sensus, District Analytical Report. Ga West Municipality, 2014.
2. "Ghana Statistical Services". www.statsghana.gov.gh. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Ashiagbor, George; Amoako, Clifford; Asabere, Stephen B.; Quaye-Ballard, Jonathan A. (2019). "Landscape Transformations in Rapidly Developing Peri-urban Areas of Accra, Ghana: Results of 30 years". Open Geosciences. 11 (1): 172–182. doi:10.1515/geo-2019-0014. ISSN 2391-5447.
5. http://www.mofep.gov.gh/sites/default/files/budget/2013/GR/Ga_West.pdf