Ketu North District

Ketu Dzigbe District

Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Region Volta
District type Ordinary
Inaugurated 29 February 2008
Capital Dzodze
Government
  Chief Executive Claver Kofi Lawson[1]
ISO 3166 code GH-TV-KN

Ketu North District or Ketu Dzigbe District is one of the 25 districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. Its capital and administrative centre is Dzodze.

History

The Ketu North District, also known as Ketu Dzigbe District was created out of the former Ketu District and was formally inaugurated on 29 February 2008 by then president John Agyekum Kufour. The rest of the old Ketu District continues as the Ketu South District.[2]

Villages

In addition to Dzodze, the capital and administrative centre, Ketu North District contains the following villages:

  • Adrume
  • Agowodome
  • Afife
  • Dekpor-Horme
  • Dekpor Yia
  • Devego
  • Ehie
  • Ehihorme
  • Kasu
  • Kave
  • Kporkuve
  • Ohawu

Footnotes

  1. "(DZODZE) KETU NORTH : District finally gets Chief Executive". GhanaDistricts.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  2. "Ketu-North District is born". General News of Saturday, 1 March 2008. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2009-08-14.

References


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