Biakoye District

The Biakoye District is one of the eight districts in the Oti Region and formerly one of the twenty-five (25) districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. Biakoye district's capital and administrative centre is Nkonya Ahenkro.

Biakoye District
RegionOti
District typeOrdinary
Inaugurated29 February 2008
CapitalNkonya Ahenkro
Government
  Chief ExecutiveLouis Nana Akattah
ISO 3166 codeGH-TV-BI

History

The Biakoye District was created in 2008 and inaugurated officially on 29 February 2008.

Towns[1]

  • Bowiri Anyinase
  • Aboabo
  • Tapa Abotoase
  • Tapa Amanya
  • Tapa Amanfrom
  • Dedekrom
  • Oyiran
  • Bowiri Amanfrom
  • Bowiri Kyirahin
  • Takrabe
  • Aboabo Abohire
  • Takrabe
  • Anlokodzi
  • Bongo
  • Odumase
  • Bowiri Kofzi
  • Bowiri New-Kwamekrom
  • Nkonya Tepo
  • Nkonya Ntumda
  • Nkonya Kadjebi
  • Nikonya Tayi
  • Nkonya Ntsumuru
  • Nkonya Ahenkro
  • Nkonya Akloba
  • Asakyiri
  • Ahundwo
  • Nkonya Bumbulla Adenkesu
  • Nkonya
  • Wurupong
  • Awerekyekye
  • Gyamerakrom
  • Osoroasuom
  • Kotomase
  • Apesokubi
  • Kabosereso
  • Worawora

Notable people

A notable citizen of the District is Ave K. Kludze, a NASA rocket scientist who was honoured at the village of Gbi Kpeme, near Nkonya Ahenkro, during a festival.[2]

Footnotes

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-10-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Gbi-Kpeme honours rocket scientist". Ghana Home Page. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-26.

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