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The Agona West Municipal can be found in the eastern portion of the Central Region. It has a total land area of 540-sq. km. and a population of 160,000. The municipality is divided into eleven zones. It lies within latitudes 5 30’ and 5 50N and longitudes 0 3.5’ and 0 55W.

The area is bounded to the East and West by Effutu Municipal and Asikum/Odoben/Brakwa Districts respectively. The municipal shares a border to the northeast with Akim West Municipal, to the northwest with Brim-South District and to the South, with Gomoa District.

Agona West Municipal is the capital and has a population of about 40,000. It lies to the north of Winneba and is about 40 km. Off the main Accra-Takoradi Highway. The location of the township makes it the commercial center or the region and a nodal point from which roads radiate to the rich cocoa growing countryside of the Region. Has a total land area of 667 square kilometres.

 chief executive's message

This municipal has a population of almost 160,000 with female slightly dominating. It also has a large pool of unemployed labour. This supply (which is mostly unskilled) is cheap and available to potential investors who might consider  setting up business in the municipal.

There is also a reasonable supply of semi-skilled labour made up of J.S.S. and S.S.S. graduates who could not further their education for one reason or the other.

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The Agona West Municipal Assembly in the Central Region has expressed its commitment to further improve security in the District in 2012 to ensure safety for all residents.

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LESDEP programmeAGONA W:
500 youth receive training under LESDEP
The Agona West Municipal Assembly has registered at least 500 persons to receive training under the Local Enterprise and Skills Development Programme (LESDEP).
Emmanuel Kweku Tetteh(MCE)AGONA W:
Agona west receives fair share of “Better Ghana” agenda
Inhabitants of the Agona West Municipality have seen an appreciable development to reflect the” Better Ghana” agenda, as a total of 36 massive development projects were executed in the area between 2009 to 2011.
Street light AGONA W:
Owane/Desuenyim needs street lights
The lack of street lights to illuminate the Owane/Desuenyim Electoral Area of the Agona West District in the Central Region has resulted in the increase of theft in the area.
AIDS symbolAGONA WEST:
HIV/AIDS up in Agona West Municipality
HIV/AIDS cases in the Agona West Municipal increased from 141 in 2009 to 325 in 2010, Mr Emmanuel Kweku Tetteh, Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has said. 
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