| Official Name: | Atimpoku |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Asuogyaman District logo.jpg |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 250px |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Asuogyaman District logo |
| Blank Emblem Link: | Asuogyaman District |
| Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Atimpoku in Eastern Region, Ghana |
| Coordinates: | 6.2308°N -0.0914°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Asuogyaman District |
| Elevation M: | 12 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Timezone Dst: | GMT |
Atimpoku is a small town in the Eastern Region of Ghana and located along the Volta River. It is the capital of the Asuogyaman District, a district in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1]
The town of Atimpoku is located on the banks of the Volta River, which drains south to the Gulf of Guinea, and is the location of the Adomi Bridge (originally the Volta Bridge), Ghana's longest suspension bridge and the first permanent bridge to span the Volta River.[2] [3] The town is about 2.5 miles downstream from Lake Volta and the Akosombo Dam, a hydroelectric facility which supplies electricity to Ghana and an electricity exporter to neighboring countries of Ghana.[1] [4]
Atimpoku is about 87km (54miles) northeast of Accra, the capital of Ghana, and about 75km (47miles) north of the port of Tema.