Adaklu-Anyigbe District

The Adaklu - Anyigbe District is one of fifteen districts of Ghana's Volta Region, which originated from the Ho District in 2005.

Capital of 1060.61 km ² and twenty cities scoring district is Kpetoe. It is bordered (clockwise starting in the north and ) to the Ho Municipal District, the Republic of Togo, the Akatsi District, the North Tongu District, the. Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region and the South Dayi District

In 2011, the population was estimated at about 59,000; Eleven years earlier, the population was 52,850 inhabitants and consisted mainly of Ewe (80 percent) and Ga - relatives ( 15 percent). 70 percent of people profess to be Christians, 11 percent follow Islam, the others are committed to traditional religions; population growth in 2000 stood at 1.17 percent.

In the district, each year between mid-March and July, and during the months of August to November to two rainy seasons; the monthly rainfall is between 20.1 liters per square meter in December and 192 millimeters in June.

The length of the road network in the district is 213 kilometers. Only the 41 km long main road that connects Kpetoe with Ziope and the regional capital Ho is fixed with bitumen.

Chief Executive of the district is Michael Kobla Adzaho; the current Minister of Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of Ghana, Juliana Azumah -Mensah, is Member of Parliament in the district.

Seventy percent of the population is engaged in the primary sector; most important products are maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, cowpeas, peanuts, tomatoes, pepper, eggplant, okra, melons and mango.

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