Biakoye District

Biakoye District

Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Region Volta
District type Ordinary
Inaugurated 29 February 2008
Capital Nkonya Ahenkro
Government
 • Chief Executive Louis Nana Akattah
ISO 3166 code GH-TV-BI

The Biakoye District is one of the twenty-five (25) districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. Biakoye district capital and administrative centre is Nkonya Ahenkro.

History

The Biakoye District was created in 2008 and inaugurated officially on 29 February 2008.

Towns[1]

  • Bowiri Anyinase
  • Aboabo
  • Tapa Abotoase
  • Tapa Amanya
  • Tapa Amanfrom
  • Dedekrom
  • Oyiran
  • Bowiri Amanfrom
  • Bowiri Kyirahin
  • Takrabe
  • Aboabo Abohire
  • Takrabe
  • Anlokodzi
  • Bongo
  • Odumase
  • Bowiri Kofzi
  • Bowiri New-Kwamekrom
  • Nkonya Tepo
  • Nkonya Ntumda
  • Nkonya Kadjebi
  • Nikonya Tayi
  • Nkonya Ntsumuru
  • Nkonya Ahenkro
  • Nkonya Akloba
  • Asakyiri
  • Ahundwo
  • Nkonya Bumbulla Adenkesu
  • Nkonya
  • Wurupong
  • Awerekyekye
  • Gyamerakrom
  • Osoroasuom
  • Kotomase
  • Apesokubi
  • Akposo-Kabo
  • Worawora

Notable people

A notable citizen of the District is Ave K. Kludze, a NASA rocket scientist who was honoured at the village of Gbi Kpeme, near Nkonya Ahenkro, during a festival.[2] Another is Hon. Jackson-Bright Dabanyi, an Academician, political activist,financial consultant and banker

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  2. ↑ "Gbi-Kpeme honours rocket scientist". Ghana Home Page. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  • "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
  • Biakoye District at GhanaDistricts.com.

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