Akuapim South Municipal is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana and forms part of the 33 Municipalities and Districts in Eastern Region.

The District was carved from Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal and forms part of the new districts and municipalities created in the year 2012 and has Aburi as the capital.

The Akuapim South Municipal is located at the south eastern part of the Eastern Region of Ghana between latitudes 5.450N and 5.580N, and Longitudes 0.0W and covers a land area of about 228 kilometres square.

The Akuapim South Municipal is bordered to the west by the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal, to the south-east by the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal, to the south by the Ga East Municipal and to the north-east by the Akuapem North Municipality

The population of the Municipality according to 2021 population and housing census stands at 76,922 with 37,101 males and 39,821 females.