This chapter contains information on Wassa Amenfi East Municipal of the Western Region. Topics such as the location and boundaries, land size, the year the district was created are also discussed in the chapter. It has also information on physical features, district map, political administration, cultural and social structure, economy, demographics and organization of the report.

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The Wassa Amenfi East Municipal is one of the districts in the Western region of Ghana. The district can be found in the middle part of the region. It lies between Latitudes 5o, 301 N and 6o, 151 N, Longitudes 1o, 451 W and 2o, 111 W. It is bounded to the west by Wassa Amenfi West Municipal, to the east by Mpohor Wassa East District, to the south by Prestea Huni Valley District and to the north by Upper Denkyira West and East District.

The Wassa Amenfi East Municipal was created out of the old Wassa Amenfi District in 2004 by Legislative Instrument (LI) 1788. On 27th August 2004 the district was inaugurated with the district capital at Wassa Akropong. The district occupies a total land area of 1,558 square kilometers which is about 7.5 percent of the total size of the Western region. The capital Wassa Akropong is 180km away from the regional capital Sekondi–Takoradi. . The inhabitants of the district depend largely on Kumasi about 136km away by road, in the Ashanti region, for their economic activities.