Biakoye District
Appearance
Biakoye District | |
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Region | Oti |
District type | Ordinary |
Inaugurated | 29 February 2008 |
Capital | Nkonya Ahenkro |
Government | |
• Chief Executive | Louis Nana Akattah |
ISO 3166 code | GH-TV-BI |
The Biakoye District is one of the eight districts in the Oti Region and formerly one of the twenty-five (25) districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. Biakoye district's capital and administrative centre is Nkonya Ahenkro.
History
The Biakoye District was created in 2008 and inaugurated officially on 29 February 2008.
Towns[1]
- Bowiri Anyinase
- Aboabo
- Tapa Abotoase
- Tapa Amanya
- Tapa Amanfrom
- Dedekrom
- Oyiran
- Bowiri Amanfrom
- Bowiri Kyirahin
- Takrabe
- Aboabo Abohire
- Takrabe
- Anlokodzi
- Bongo
- Odumase
- Bowiri Kofzi
- Bowiri New-Kwamekrom
- Nkonya Tepo
- Nkonya Ntumda
- Nkonya Kadjebi
- Nikonya Tayi
- Nkonya Ntsumuru
- Nkonya Ahenkro
- Nkonya Akloba
- Asakyiri
- Ahundwo
- Nkonya Bumbulla Adenkesu
- Nkonya
- Wurupong
- Awerekyekye
- Gyamerakrom
- Osoroasuom
- Kotomase
- Apesokubi
- Kabosereso
- Worawora
Notable people
A notable citizen of the District is Ave K. Kludze, a NASA rocket scientist who was honoured at the village of Gbi Kpeme, near Nkonya Ahenkro, during a festival.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Gbi-Kpeme honours rocket scientist". Ghana Home Page. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
References and external links
- "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
- Biakoye District at GhanaDistricts.com.