Biakoye District

Biakoye District
Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Region	Volta
District type	Ordinary
Inaugurated	29 February 2008
Capital	Nkonya Ahenkro
Government
• Chief Executive	Louis Nana Akattah
ISO 3166 code	GH-TV-BI

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

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
• Akposo-Kabo
• Worawora

Notable people

One of the notable citizens 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] Another notable is Hon.Jackson-Bright Dabanyi

Footnotes

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
2. "Gbi-Kpeme honours rocket scientist". Ghana Home Page. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-26.

References and external links

• "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
• Biakoye District at GhanaDistricts.com.