The Wa East district was curved out of the Wa Municipality and made an autonomous district by L.I 1746 in July 2004. The district is remotely located in the southeastern part of the Upper West region. The capital is Funsi, about 115km away from Wa, the regional capital. The district shares boundaries with West Mamprusi to the northwest, West Gonja to southeast and the Sissala East district to the north.
It has a landmass of about 1,078km², which lies between latitudes 9º 55”n and 10º 25”n and longitude 1º 10”w and 2º 5”w. The remoteness of the district relative to other districts of the region has deprived it of basic social and economic infrastructure and services.
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The district is made up of 23 towns with a population more than 66 thousand.
The district assembly is working towards bringing better livelihood to the community thus working on providing electric power to major communities,reducing high post harvest losses,providing telecommunication services, constructing dugouts, wells and dams for irrigation and animal husbandry and promote the tourism potentials of the district amongst others.
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The Katua Forest Reserve in the Wa East District is being destroyed as a result of activities by invading Fulani Herdsmen and their cattle.
WA E: DCE appreciates gov’t for establishing SHS The District Chief Executive for the Wa East District Assembly in the Upper West Region, Ameen Salifu has hailed the Atta Mills led government for the significant gains made in the educational sector in the district.
WA E: DCE applauds control of maternal/infant mortality issues The District Chief Executive for the Wa East district Assembly, Ameen Salifu has commended government and the Wa East Health Directorate for their efforts in containing certain health issues in the area.
WA E: DCE advocates orientation for pupils The District Chief Executive for the Wa East, Ameen Salifu has asserted that, though substantial amount of resources are being injected into education, it is also imperative to go beyond these efforts to orient school kids to appreciate education entirely.
WA E: DCE hails gov’t for agric interventions The District Chief Executive for Wa East District Assembly in the Upper West Region, Ameen Salifu is contending that the government has greatly supported to improve Agric in the district within the last three years.
