Ellembelle District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ellembelle District within Western |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Nkroful |
Leader Title: | District Executive |
Leader Name: | Mr. Kwasi Bonzoh |
Leader Title1: | Succeeded |
Leader Name1: | Hon. Saed Ramadan Yankey |
Area Total Km2: | 999.7 |
Population As Of: | 2021 [1] |
Population Total: | 120,893 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 4.9639°N -2.3222°W |
Iso Code: | GH-WP-EL |
Ellembelle District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana.[2] Originally it was part of the then-larger Nzema East District in 1988, which was created from the former Nzema District Council, until the western part of the district was split off by a decree of then-president John Agyekum Kufuor on 29 February 2008 to create Ellembelle District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Nzema East District (which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Nzema East Municipal District). The district assembly is located in the southwest part of Western Region and has Nkroful as its capital town.
The Ellembelle District Assembly is located at Nkroful, the birthplace of Kwame Nkrumah.[3] [4]