Berekum Municipal District

The Berekum Municipal District[2] is one of the twenty-two (22) districts of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Due to the separation of the Brong Ahafo Region into three separate regions, Berekum Municipal is now located in the Bono Region. Berekum Municipal is now part of the 12 of Municipalities and Districts in the Bono Region. Its capital is Berekum.[3]

Berekum Municipal
Municipality
Nickname(s): 
Golden City
Berekum Municipal
Location of Berekum Municipal in Bono
Coordinates: 7°27′N 2°35′W
Region Bono
CapitalBerekum
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Assembly
 • District ExecutiveMr. Kofi Agyei
Area
 • Total955 km2 (369 sq mi)
Population
 • Total160,256 [1]
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)GMT
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Berekum Municipal District was created with the splitting of the former Berekum-Jaman District in 1989.

List of settlements
Settlements of Berekum Municipal District
No. Settlement Population Population year
1 Abisaase
2 Adom
3 Akroforo
4 Amomaso
5 Anyimon
6 Benkasa
7 Benkasem
8 Berekum 60,473 2012
9 Biadan
10 Botokrom
11 Domfete
12 Fetentaa
13 Jamdede
14 Jinijini
15 Kato
16 Koraso
17 Kutre No. 1 & 2
18 Mpatapo
19 Mpatasie
20 Namasua
21 Nansuano
22 Nsapor
23 Oforikrom
24 Senase

Sources
  • "Berekum Municipal District". Statoids.
  • District: Berekum Municipal

References
  1. https://statsghana.gov.gh/regionalpopulation.php?population=MTMxOTU3MTAxOC44MjU=&&Bono&regid=2
  2. District: Berekum Municipal Archived March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. berekum.ghanadistricts.gov.gh http://berekum.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/. Retrieved 2020-05-27. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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