Asuogyaman District

Asuogyaman District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which it was created from the former Kaoga District. The district assembly is located in the eastern part of Eastern Region and has Atimpoku as its capital town.

Asuogyaman District
District
Spillways of Akosombo dam with 6 floodgate in Akosombo, Ghana
Seal
Eastern Region districts
Asuogyaman District Location of Asuogyaman district in Eastern Region
Coordinates: 6.2039°N 0.0800°W
Region	Eastern Region
Capital	Atimpoku
Government
• Type	District Assembly
• District Chief Executive	Hon. Samuel Kwame Agyekum
Area
• Total	664 km^2 (256 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	—
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	GMT

Akosombo Dam

Asuogyaman District is the location of a hydroelectric dam in South Ghana, the Akosombo Dam, in the town of Akosombo. Additionally, the district has some very notable tourist sites apart from the Akosombo Dam, including Dodi Island, Akosombo Port and Dodi Princess that takes tourists on a cruise. The District has within its catchment areas some beautiful hotels such as Volta Hotel, Afrikiko River Resort, and The Royal Senchi.

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  The Akosombo hydroelectric dam spilling water from the spillway.
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  The Akosombo hydroelectric dam, seen from Volta Hotel, the most noted hotel overlooking the Akosombo Dam.
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  The Akosombo hydroelectric dam's floodgates.

List of settlements

Settlements of Asuogyaman District
No.	Settlement	Population	Population year
1	Aboasa
2	Anyansu
3	Abomanyaw
4	Akosombo
5	Akwamufie
6	Anum
7	Apeguso
8	Asikuma
9	Atimpoku
10	Boso
11	Frankadua
12	Gyakiti
13	Labolabo
14	New Adjena
15	New Akrade
16	New Senchi
17	Old Senchi
18	Pupuni
19	South Senchi

Sources

• "Asuogyaman District". Statoids.
• Districts: Asuogyaman