Upper West Akim District
Upper West Akim District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger West Akim District in 1988, which was created from the former West Akim District Council, which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 1 November 2007 to become West Akim Municipal District.Upper West Akim District
- Type: district of Ghana
- Description: district in the Eastern Region of Ghana
- Location: Eastern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.8003° or 5° 48′ 1″ north
Longitude
-0.56° or 0° 33′ 36″ west
Elevation
123 metres (404 feet)
Open location code
6CQXRC2R+42
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In Other Languages
From Fanti to Yoruba—“Upper West Akim District” goes by many names.
- Fanti: “Upper West Akim District”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Upper West Akim District”
- Hausa: “Upper West Akim District”
- Igbo: “Upper West Akim District”
- Southern Dagaare: “Upper West Akim Desekyere”
- Spanish: “Upper West Akyem”
- Twi: “Upper West Akim District”
- Twi: “Upper West Akim”
- Yoruba: “Upper West Akim District”
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