Ho Municipal District | |
Settlement Type: | Municipal District |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ho Municipal District within Volta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Ho |
Leader Title: | Municipal Chief Executive |
Leader Name: | Hon. Prosper Pi Bansa |
Area Total Km2: | 573.2 |
Population As Of: | 2021 census[1] |
Population Total: | 180,420 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 6.6119°N 0.4703°W |
Iso Code: | GH-TV-HO |
Ho Municipal District is one of the 25 administrative Districts in the Volta Region, Ghana.[2] [3] It is made up of total land size of 2,361 km2 and a total estimated population of 213,960 in 2017, 105,195 being males and 108,765 are females. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989 when it was known as Ho District, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 13 August 2004 to create Adaklu-Anyigbe District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Ho District. However on 28 June 2012, the western part of the district was later split off to create Ho West District; thus the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Ho Municipal District, which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2074.[4] The municipality is located in the central part of Volta Region and has Ho as its capital town.
, the population was 177,281 with 83,819 males and 93,462 females.[5]
The district's capital Ho arose initially from a union of two villages namely, Banakoe (today Bankoe) and Hegbe (today Heve).
In addition to Ho, the capital and administrative center, Ho Municipal District contains the following villages:
Ho boasts of two public universities namely:
They have a nurses training college, Ho Nurses' Training College.
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