The La Dade Kotopon Municipal is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and forms part of the 29  MMDAs in the Greater Accra Region.

La Dade Kotopon Municipal with its Administrative capital La was carved from Accra Metropolitan Assembly and forms part of the new Districts and Municipalities created in the year 2012 and were inaugurated at their various locations simultaneously on the 28th June, 2012.

La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly was established by Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462) with Legislative Instrument 2133.The Municipality shares boundaries with Accra Metropolitan to the west, to the east with Ledzokuku Municipal, to the north with La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal and to the south with the Gulf of Guinea.

The population of the Municipality according to 2021 population and housing census stands at 140,264 with 68,099 males and 72,165 females.