Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District
Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District | |
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Municipal District | |
| Districts of Western Region Districts of Western Region | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana |
| Region | File:Flag of Western Region (Ghana).gif Western |
| Capital | Bogoso |
| Government | |
| • Municipal Chief Executive | Dr. Matthew Ayeh |
| • Member of Parliament | Robert Wisdom Cudjoe |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,791 km2 (692 sq mi) |
| Population (2021[1]) | |
• Total | 229,301 |
| • Density | 128.0/km2 (331.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-WP-PV |
| Website | https://phma.gov.gh |
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Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana.[2] Originally it was 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 | edit source]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 | edit source]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 | edit source]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
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- GhanaDistricts.com
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ghana: Administrative Division
- ^ Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
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