East Akim Municipal District

East Akim Municipal District
Former Municipal District
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Districts of Eastern Region
East Akim Municipal District Location of East Akim Municipal District within Eastern
Coordinates: 5°55′29.89″N 0°58′55.78″W / 5.9249694°N 0.9821611°W / 5.9249694; -0.9821611
Country	Ghana
Region	Eastern
Capital	Kibi
Government
• Municipal Chief Executive	Owusu Twum Ampofo
Area
• Total	752 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	—
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

East Akim Municipal District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as East Akim District, which was created from the former East Akim District Council. Later, the northwest part of the district was split off to create Atiwa District on 17 February 2004; thus the remaining part has been retained as East Akim District.^[1] Then it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become East Akim Municipal District. However, on 1 June 2018, it was split off into two new municipal districts: Abuakwa South Municipal District (capital: Kibi) and Abuakwa North Municipal District (capital: Kukurantumi). The municipality was located in the central part of Eastern Region and had Kibi as its capital town.