Gomoa East District

Gomoa East Metropolitan Assembly
Former district
Districts of Central Region
Districts of Central Region
Gomoa East Metropolitan Assembly is located in Ghana
Gomoa East Metropolitan Assembly
Gomoa East Metropolitan Assembly
Location of Gomoa East District within Central
Coordinates: 5°26′53.88″N 0°34′57.36″W / 5.4483000°N 0.5826000°W / 5.4483000; -0.5826000
Country Ghana
Region Central
CapitalPotsin
Government
 • District ExecutiveSolomon Darko-Quarm
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
308,697[1]
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166 codeGH-CP-GE

Gomoa East Metropolitan Assembly is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana.[2][3][4] Originally it was part of the then-larger Gomoa District in 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create the first Gomoa East District, with Gomoa Afransi as its capital town, on 29 February 2008 (which was later split off into two new districts on 15 March 2018: Gomoa Central District (capital: Gomoa Afransi), and the present Gomoa East District (capital: Potsin); thus the remaining part has been renamed as Gomoa West District. The district assembly is located in the southeast part of Central Region and has Potsin as its capital town.

On 7 November 2024 the Gomoa East District was elevated from district assembly status to a metropolitan assembly (Gomoa East Metropolitan Assembly). It is the second metropolis in the central region, with Cape-Coast Metropolitan Assembly as the first in the central region.[5][6]

  1. ^ Ghana: Administrative Division
  2. ^ District: Gomoa East District Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Gomoa Fetteh chiefs give government 3-months to demolish Buduburam camp". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ Yarboi-Tetteh, David O. (31 October 2019). "Ghana: Floods Cause Havoc in 8 Districts in Central Region ... Ucc Suspends Lectures". allAfrica. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ^ Online, Peace FM. "Ghana Post Collapsed In Most Districts In The Central Region". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  6. ^ Online, CNR. "Akuffo-Addo approves upgrade of districts to municipalities".