Western Region (Ghana)

Western Region (Ghana)

regions of Ghana

Country	Ghana
Capital	Sekondi-Takoradi
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Ghana
Located in time zone	Greenwich Mean Time
Coordinate location	5°30′0″N 2°30′0″W
Dey share bother plus	Western North Region, Central Region

De Western Region dey for south Ghana. e san spread from de Ivory Coast (Comoé District) for de west reach de Central region for de east, wey get de capital and large twin city wey be Sekondi-Takoradi for de coast inside, coastal Axim, and a hilly inland area including Elubo. e get Ghana's southernmost location, Cape Three Points, wey dem discover crude oil for commercial quantities for June 2007. De region san cover 13,842 sq. km wey get 2,060,585 inside for de 2021 Census top.

E be dem Akans people nu wey dominate demma culture and e be Akan, French and English wey dem dey barb pass for the region inside.^[1]

De largest rivers be de Ankobra River, de Bia River, and de Pra River wey dey de east, with de Tano River wey partly form de western national border. Dem know de area wella sake of UNESCO World Heritage Site and Nzulezo village, wey dem build am on stilts and platforms for water top, and de Ankasa Protected Area. Dem get Portuguese, Dutch, British, and Brandenburgian forts for de coast top wey dem build from 1512 on.

De Western region get chao post-secondary schools plus teachers' and nursing colleges, and two universities. one dey Tarkwa, UMaT and Takoradi Technical University wey dem dey call Takoradi Polythecnic before.

Before de regional demarcation in December 2018, de region get 23 MMDA's (wey be 1 Metropolitan, 11 Municipal and 11 Ordinary Assemblies). Therefore, as part of this reorganisation nu, dem remove nine MMDA's (those wey dey bold and asterisks below, san be 3 Municipal and 6 Ordinary Assemblies before) from de Western Region, we dem san form inside de new Western North Region wey get Wiawso as the capital.

De political administration wey dey de region dey follow the local government system. For this administration system inside, the region dey divided into 14 MMDA's (wey be 1 Metropolitan, 8 Municipal and 5 Ordinary Assemblies). For each District nu, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, dey administered by a Chief Executive, wey dey represent the central government but dey derive authority from an Assembly head by a presiding member wey dem elect from among the members inside. The current list is as follows:

1. ↑ https://citisportsonline.com/2021/05/21/betway-extends-support-to-volleyball-teams-in-the-western-and-western-north-regions/
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130118104048/http://www.ghanadistricts.com/region/?r=5