Overview

Ga West is one of the oldest districts of the 29 administrative districts/municipals in the Greater Accra region. It’s situated in the region’s western part and lies wholly in the coastal savannah agroecological zone. Ga West was originally part of the then-larger Ga District. It was carved out of the erstwhile Ga District created in 1998 in pursuance of the government’s decentralization and local government reform policy. In 2004, the eastern part of the Ga District was split to create Ga East, and the remaining part was renamed Ga West. Later on, the western part of the district was split off to form Ga South District in February 2008. Furthermore, in March 2018, the eastern part of the district was split off to birth Ga North District.

land boundaries

The municipality currently occupies a total land space of approximately 299.578 Km and it has Amasaman as the district capital. Ga West shares boundaries with Ga East to the west, Ga North to the east, Akuapim South to the north, and Ga Central to the south.

Per the 2021 Population and Housing Census, Ga West has a population of 314,299 of which 50.5% are females and 49.5% are males. The district is peri-urban, with 70% urban dwellers and 30% rural settlement. Commence, industry, and farming are the 3 main occupations of the populace in the municipality.

markets

There are markets in almost every community in the district, but the major markets are located in only three communities which are Effiduasi, Asokore and Nkwankwanua.

water supply

Most of the communities in the district have portable drinking water. These are mostly boreholes or hand-dug wells.

Population distribution

The total population for the district is 79600. The district has four sub-districts. They are Effiduase, Asokore, Mponua and Nyanfa.

healthcare delivery

Healthcare delivery is patterned in conformity with the GHS three-tiered levels of Primary Health Care. Its 412 communities are served by 32 functional CHPS Zones and 5 CHPS with Compounds at the community level. The sub-district level has 5 health centres and the district level has a district hospital and a polyclinic. Healthcare delivery is augmented by the 14 private health facilities within the municipality. Ga West has 4 sub-districts that are coterminous with the municipal assembly’s administrative zonal councils namely: Amasaman, Kotoku, Mayera, and Oduman.

The district is privileged to be part of the districts implementing the Networks of Practice strategy in Ghana in general and Greater Accra in particular with its 2 health centers Kotoku and Mayera health centres serving as hubs