Jasikan District

District in Ghana

7°24′39.6″N 0°28′4.8″E / 7.411000°N 0.468000°E / 7.411000; 0.468000Country

GhanaRegion

OtiCapitalJasikanGovernment

• District ExecutiveHon. Lawrence Kwami AzialeArea

• Total1,355 km² (523 sq mi)Population

(2019)

• Total72,607^[1]Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)ISO 3166 codeGH-OT-JA

Jasikan District is one of the eight districts in Oti Region, Ghana.^[2]^[3] Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989, which was created from the former Jasikan District Council, which it was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1464, until the western part of the district was split off to create Biakoye District on 29 February 2008, which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1901; thus the remaining part has been retained as Jasikan District. The district assembly is located in the southern part of Oti Region and has Jasikan as its capital town.

Boundaries

Jasikan District is bounded by:

Lake Volta to the west
Kpando Municipal District and Hohoe Municipal District to the south
Krachi East District and Kadjebi District to the north

Towns and villages

In addition to Jasikan, the capital and administrative centre, Jasikan District contains the following towns and villages in Buem in alphabetical order.

Agbesi Madro
Agomeyor
Akpafu Todzi
Akpafu Adorkor
Akpafu Mempeasem
Amenyo Yaw
Akaa
Akaa Quarters
Akaa Tank
Akaa Yaw
Atakrom
Atonkor
Awoma
Baglo Buem
Bodada
Baglo Odumasi
Dzoku
Dzolu
Guama
Idjeli
Kayadah
Kankyi Ekura
Kudje
Kute
Kwanta
Kwansim
Lekanti
New Ayoma
New Baika
Nsuta
Nananko
Okadjakrom
Old Baika
Old Ayoma
Osei Krom
Teteman

Education

Jasikan College of Education is one of the College's in Oti Region.

References

^ "Ghana Statistical Services". Ghana Statistics Services. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
^ "One District One Factory (1D1F)". 1district1factory. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
^ Jasikan District