DISTRICT PROFILE

Lower Manya Krobo Municipality forms part of the thirty-three (33) Municipalities and Districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The Municipality lies between latitude 6.05S and 6.30N and longitude 0o08E and 0.20W. The Administrative Capital of the Municipality is Odumase. The Municipality covers an area of 1,476 km, constituting about 8.1% of the total land area within the Region (18,310 km). The major towns in the Municipality include Odumase township (which incorporates Atua, Agormanya and Nuaso), in addition to Akuse and Kpong. The Municipality shares Boundaries with Upper Manya Krobo District to the north, to the south with Dangme West and part of Yilo Krobo respectively, to the west with Yilo Krobo Municipal and to the east with Asuogyaman District. The Municipality has a total population of 121,478 from the 2021 Population and housing census report (Census, 2021).