Keta District
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| Region Regions of Ghana ||Ghana is divided into ten regions :*Ashanti Region *Brong-Ahafo Region *Central Region *Eastern Region *Greater Accra Region *Northern Region *Upper East Region... |
Volta Region Volta Region Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho.-List of districts:The region has 18 districts consisting of 3 municipal and 15 ordinary districts:-Background:... |
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| District type | Municipality | |
| District Chief Executive | Sylvester Tornyeava | |
| Capital | Keta Keta Keta is a city in Volta Region, Ghana. It was an important trading post between the 14th and late 20th century via a port and fort built by the Dutch in 1784. Parts of the city were devastated by sea erosion between the 1960s and 1980s.... |
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| Area | 412 km² | |
| Population (2002) | 133,700 | |
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The Keta Municipal District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region
Volta Region
Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho.-List of districts:The region has 18 districts consisting of 3 municipal and 15 ordinary districts:-Background:...
. the town of Keta
Keta
Keta is a city in Volta Region, Ghana. It was an important trading post between the 14th and late 20th century via a port and fort built by the Dutch in 1784. Parts of the city were devastated by sea erosion between the 1960s and 1980s....
is the administrative centre.
Bounds
Keta Municipal District is bounded by:- the Gulf of GuineaGulf of GuineaThe Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf....
to the east and south, - Greater Accra RegionGreater Accra RegionThe Greater Accra Region is the smallest of Ghana's 10 administrative regions in terms of area, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres or 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana...
and South Tongu DistrictSouth Tongu DistrictThe South Tongu District is a district of Ghana in the south of the Volta Region. Its capital is Sogakope.It has the North Tongu District to its north and north-west, the Akatsi District to the northeast, Keta District to the south and the Dangme East District in the Greater Accra Region to the...
to the west, - Akatsi DistrictAkatsi DistrictThe Akatsi District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region. It is located in the south eastern part of the region. To the south is the Keta Municipal District, to the east, the Ketu District, the North and South Tongu Districts to the west and Ho Municipal District and the Republic of Togo to...
to the north and northwest, and - Ketu DistrictKetu DistrictThe Ketu South District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region. It was formerly the Ketu District. It was however divided in February 2008 when the new Ketu North District was carved out of it...
to the northeast.
Communities
In addition to Keta, the administrative centre, Keta Municipal District contains the following communities:
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