South Tongu District
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South Tongu District
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:...

District type Ordinary
District Chief Executive Daniel K. Ametorku
Capital Sogakope
Sogakope
Sogakope is the capital of the South Tongu District of Ghana. The international highway from Togo through Ghana to Cote d'Ivoire passes through Sogakope. Very important on this route is the Sogakope bridge in this town across the lower Volta River.-External links:* at Google Maps...

Area 448 km²
Population (2002) 64,852
ISO 3166
ISO 3166
ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...

GH-TV-ST


The South Tongu District is a district of Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

 in the south of 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:...

. Its capital is Sogakope
Sogakope
Sogakope is the capital of the South Tongu District of Ghana. The international highway from Togo through Ghana to Cote d'Ivoire passes through Sogakope. Very important on this route is the Sogakope bridge in this town across the lower Volta River.-External links:* at Google Maps...

.

It has the North Tongu District
North Tongu District
The North Tongu District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region. It was first established in 1989 as the Adidome District. The name was later changed as people pushed for a more unifying name for the district.-Boundaries:...

 to its north and north-west, the Akatsi District
Akatsi District
The 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 northeast, Keta District
Keta District
The Keta Municipal District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region. the town of Keta is the administrative centre.-Bounds:Keta Municipal District is bounded by:* the Gulf of Guinea to the east and south,...

 to the south and the Dangme East District
Dangme East District
The Dangme East District located in the Eastern part of the Greater Accra Region covers a surface of 909 km². Major towns in the district are Ada Foah, Big Ada and Ada Kasseh. Ada Foah, which is also the district capital, is located at the beach and river estuary.In 2000, the population in the...

 in the Greater Accra Region
Greater Accra Region
The 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...

 to the west and southwest.

There are many streams in the district. The prominent ones are the Chinni and Todzi. The Volta River
Volta River
The Volta is a river in western Africa that drains into the Gulf of Guinea. It has three main tributaries—the Black Volta, White Volta and Red Volta...

runs to the west of this district.
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