West Gonja Municipal Assembly is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana.[1][2][3] Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 23 December 1988 when it was known as West Gonja District, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor in August 2004 to create Central Gonja District; thus the remaining part was retained as West Gonja District. However, on 6 February 2012, the northern part of the district was later split off to create North Gonja District; thus the remaining part has been retained as West Gonja District. Later, it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 27 January 2020 to become West Gonja Municipal District. The municipality is located in the central part of Savannah Region and has Damongo as its capital town.
West Gonja Municipal District | |
|---|---|
Municipal District | |
.png) Districts of Savannah Region | |
  West Gonja Municipal District Location of West Gonja Municipal District within Savannah | |
| Coordinates: 9°5′2.4″N 1°49′4.8″W / 9.084000°N 1.818000°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Savannah |
| Capital | Damongo |
| Government | |
| • Municipal Chief Executive | Ali Bakari Kassim |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,317 km2 (6,686 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | — |
| Time zone | UTC 0 (GMT) |
| ISO 3166 code | GH-SV-WG |
Population
editPer the 2010 Population and Housing Consensus, the district is estimated to have a population of 41,180, which accounts for 1.7 percent of the region's total population. Among the residents, 80.2 percent are native-born Ghanaian, and 60.5 percent of the employed population work within fishing, agriculture and forestry industries.[4]
See also
edit- "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
- GhanaDistricts.com
References
edit- ^ West Gonja Municipal Assembly
- ^ "Damongo flood victims stranded without food or shelter - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ "West Gonja Municipal Assembly launches 30-day countdown to 2021 population census". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ Ghana Statistical Service (October 2014). "2010 Population and Housing Census | District Analytical Report | West Gonja District" (PDF).