Political and Administrative Structure

The political administrative structure is made of a regional administration and local government structures, namely district assemblies and chieftaincies. The Eastern Region is one of the ten administrative regions of Ghana. Its capital is Koforidua which is located in the New Juaben South Municipality.

The next in the hierarchy of political administrative structures are Districts and Municipalities. While the districts have a capital with a number of settlements (both rural and urban), the municipalities are larger urban areas covering a wide stretch of urbanized areas but not without clusters of rural areas within their boundaries.

The Eastern Region according to the 2021 Population and Housing Census has twenty (20) Districts and thirteen (13) Municipalities. The Region had sixteen (16) Districts and one (1) Municipality at the 2000 Population and Housing Census (PHC) but had fifteen (15) Districts and six (6) Municipalities at the 2010 PHC.

The following are the Districts and Municipalities in Eastern Region:

Akuapem North Municipal, Akuapim South Municipal, Akyemansa District, Asuogyaman District, Atiwa West District,, Ayensuano District, Birim Central Municipal, Birim North District, Denkyembour District, Abuakwa South Municipal, Fanteakwa North District, Kwaebibirem Municipal, Kwahu Afram Plains North District, Kwahu Afram Plains South District, Kwahu East District, Kwahu South Municipal, Kwahu West Municipal, Lower Manya Krobo Municipal, New Juaben South Municipal, Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal, Suhum Municipal, Upper Manya Krobo District, Upper West Akim District, West Akim Municipal, Yilo Krobo Municipal, Atiwa East District, Fanteakwa South District, Asene Manso Akroso District, Abuakwa North Municipal, New Juaben North, Achiase District, and Okere District