Ablekuma Central Municipal District | |
Settlement Type: | Municipal District |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ablekuma Central Municipal District within Greater Accra |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Lartebiokorshie |
Leader Title: | Municipal Chief Executive |
Area Total Km2: | 9 |
Population As Of: | 2021[1] |
Population Total: | 169,145 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 5.5533°N -0.2401°W |
Iso Code: | GH-EP-__ |
Ablekuma Central Municipal District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.[2] [3] [4] [5] Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Accra Metropolitan District in 1988, until a small portion of the district was split off to create Ablekuma Central Municipal District on 19 February 2019; thus the remaining part has been retained as Accra Metropolitan District. The municipality is located in the central part of Greater Accra Region and has Lartebiokorshie as its capital town.
The Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly was established on 19th February 2019 by an LI 2376. The Assembly was carved out from Accra Metropolitan Assembly. The Assembly therefore started implementation of projects within its area of jurisdiction from March 2019. The Ablekuma Central Municipal is located at the northern part of the Greater Accra Region. It is Western neighbour is Ablekuma West Municipal, Accra Metropolitan Assembly on the South East and on the North by Ablekuma North Municipal. Whilst the northeast is bounded by Okaikoi South sub-metropolitan district. Some of the Towns and Areas in the district seen in the image below