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The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 14 MMDA's (made up of 1 Metropolitan, 8 Municipal and 5 Ordinary
Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief
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Dialect/Ethnic group popularly known in the Western Region is Nzema, the beaches of Nzema have become a getaway/vacation/resort destination for a lot of tourists (local and foreign) to experience true Nzema Hospitality. Amongst the top resorts along the coast of Nzema are Venice View Beach
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was discovered in commercial quantities in June 2007. The region covers an area of 13,842 km, and had a population of 2,060,585 at the 2021 Census.
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Western Region enjoys a long coastline that stretches from South Ghana's border with Ivory Coast to the Western region's boundary with the
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partly forming the western national border. The area is known for the
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built entirely on stilts and platforms over water and the
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1168:Boris Kodjoe
1009:Manso Amenfi
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1600:Ivory Coast
1573:Brong-Ahafo
1563:Brong-Ahafo
1437:18 December
1324:wrcc.gov.gh
1153:Nadia Buari
1129:Settlement
680:Half Assini
519:Ahanta West
458:Before the
363:along with
319:Ivory Coast
84: /
1816:Categories
1786:Upper West
1781:Upper East
1766:North East
1488:2023-01-11
1463:15 January
1412:2023-07-25
1388:2021-05-21
1363:2018-09-13
1306:References
1104:3,093,201
1101:2,376,021
1076:Wassa East
1061:Municipal
1057:Asankragua
1037:Municipal
989:Municipal
864:Municipal
837:Municipal
783:Municipal
759:Municipal
750:Nzema East
684:Municipal
651:Ellembelle
555:Municipal
528:Municipal
508:Population
503:Population
500:MMDA Type
494:MMDA Name
404:Tano River
361:gold mines
186:Ranked 6th
169:Population
163:Ranked 4th
127:Government
1736:Bono East
1453:"Western"
1085:Ordinary
1013:Ordinary
965:Ordinary
938:Ordinary
914:Ordinary
810:Ordinary
735:Ordinary
711:Ordinary
660:Ordinary
636:Ordinary
609:Ordinary
582:Ordinary
578:Adabokrom
438:Education
400:Pra River
347:crude oil
259:Area code
247:Time zone
201:GDP (PPP)
177:2,060,585
117:Districts
1761:Northern
1248:Takoradi
1126:Citizen
1091:105,163
1067:120,643
1043:108,272
995:117,550
944:105,173
896:726,905
893:559,548
870:182,510
867:139,200
843:160,844
840:123,272
816:108,266
789:207,237
786:159,304
690:194,808
687:150,107
666:114,441
615:111,355
598:Bia West
571:Bia East
561:154,661
558:117,886
534:139,188
531:106,215
497:Capital
345:, where
1796:Western
1776:Savanah
1751:Eastern
1746:Central
1731:Ashanti
1635:Central
1626:Ashanti
1615:Western
1500:Sources
1293:Nkroful
1203:Nkroful
1088:81,073
1081:Daboase
1064:92,152
1040:83,478
1019:89,703
1016:69,014
992:90,477
971:27,832
968:20,529
961:Dadieso
941:81,966
885:Sekondi
833:Bibiani
813:82,467
765:80,480
762:60,828
741:55,678
738:42,923
717:77,678
714:58,435
707:Juaboso
700:Juabeso
663:87,501
656:Nkroful
642:68,055
639:53,314
612:88,939
588:37,108
585:27,393
412:Nzulezo
390:Tourism
384:English
241:$ 2,500
218:$ 5,150
107:Capital
97:Country
1598:
1188:Tarkwa
1096:Total
985:Tarkwa
954:Suaman
860:Wiawso
779:Bogoso
731:Mpohor
726:Mpohor
675:Jomoro
468:Wiawso
408:UNESCO
380:French
298:medium
286:(2022)
72:2°30′W
69:5°30′N
34:Region
1791:Volta
1726:Ahafo
934:Shama
929:Shama
605:Essam
551:Enchi
544:Aowin
424:Eikwe
372:Akans
339:Elubo
315:Ghana
295:0.648
276:GH-WP
138:Hon.
101:Ghana
1741:Bono
1465:2013
1439:2019
1218:Axim
920:N/A
917:N/A
755:Axim
632:Bodi
625:Bodi
382:and
376:Akan
335:Axim
309:The
233:2013
210:2013
146:Area
1771:Oti
1284:11
1269:10
1072:14
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302:3nd
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