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'''Atimpoku''' is a small town in the [[Eastern Region, Ghana|Eastern Region]] of [[Ghana]] and located along the [[Volta River]]. It is the capital of the [[Asuogyaman District]], a district in the [[Eastern Region, Ghana|Eastern Region]] of Ghana.<ref name="Asuogyaman district">{{Cite web |url=http://asuogyaman.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/?arrow=dnf&_=67 |title=Asuogyaman District |access-date=2012-12-26 |archive-date=2022-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128165614/http://asuogyaman.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/?arrow=dnf&_=67 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Geography==
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2021}}
The town of Atimpoku is located on the banks of the [[Volta River]], which drains south to the [[Gulf of Guinea]], and is the location of the [[Adomi Bridge]] (originally the Volta Bridge), Ghana's longest [[suspension bridge]] and the first permanent bridge to span the Volta River.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Peter Adamson |last2=Roberts |first2=Gilbert |title=The Volta Bridge |url=https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/iicep.1958.2304 |website=Institute of Civil Engineers Virtual Library |publisher=Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, E-ISSN 1753-7789, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 1958, pp. 395-432 |access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2023 |title=Danger on Adomi Bridge as portions of road develop pothole |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1224620/danger-on-adomi-bridge-as-portions-of-road-develop.html |access-date=27 November 2023 |website=Modern Ghana}}</ref> The town is about 2.5 miles downstream from [[Lake Volta]] and the [[Akosombo Dam]], a [[hydroelectric]] facility which supplies electricity to Ghana and an [[Electricity generation|electricity exporter]] to neighboring countries of Ghana.<ref name="Asuogyaman district"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=Dead male body found floating on the Volta Lake at Atimpoku |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Dead-male-body-found-floating-on-the-Volta-Lake-at-Atimpoku-1884626 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref>
Atimpoku is about {{convert|87|km|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Accra]], the capital of Ghana, and about {{convert|75|km|abbr=on}} north of the port of [[Tema]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}.
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726105919/http://www.ghana-pedia.org/org/index.php?option=com_directory&listing=Atimpoku&page=viewListing&lid=232&Itemid=36 Ghana-pedia webpage - Atimpoku]
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/gh/akwamu-atimpoku/902089/satellite/902089|title=Atimpoku, Ghana Enhanced Weather Satellite Map - AccuWeather.com|website=AccuWeather|access-date=2017-12-05}}
{{Eastern Region, Ghana}}
[[Category:Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana)]]
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