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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 Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West, Emmanuel K. Tetteh has assured traders in the “Mandela market” about measures deployed by the assembly to ensure their safety and comfort in the market.

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President MillsAGONA W:
President Mills appoints new MCE
The president, John Evans Atta Mills has revoked the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Kweku Tetteh as the Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West Municipal Assembly and has appointed Mr. Samuel Oppong to take his position with immediate effect.
Police LogoAGONA W:
Security to be strengthened - MCE
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.
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.
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