Identifying a Ghanaian Local Authority

Section 01

Research question

The question is fixed in advance and answered by one authority only.

Identify the local authority in Ghana's Volta Region that satisfies all these conditions:

1.It was separated from a municipality whose administrative capital shares its name with that municipality.
2.Its establishment instrument was numbered 2372 and issued in 2018.
3.It was inaugurated on 19 February of the following year.
4.Its administrative capital has the same name as the local authority.
5.Ghana's 2021 Population and Housing Census recorded a population of 94,895 for the district.

What is the local authority?

Section 02

Correct answer

Answer

Anloga District Assembly

Accepted variations

Anloga District
Anloga District Assembly
Anloga Municipal
Anloga Municipal Assembly

Not accepted

Keta Municipal Assembly
Anlo District Council
Volta Regional Coordinating Council

Section 03

Research findings

Each finding is attributed to the record that states it.

F1 · Establishment

The Anloga District Assembly states that it was established through Legislative Instrument L.I. 2372 of 2018.

F2 · Inauguration

The Assembly states that the district was inaugurated on 19 February 2019.

F3 · Administrative origin

District information records state that Anloga was carved out of Keta Municipality.

F4 · Location

The district is situated in the southeastern part of Ghana's Volta Region.

F5 · Administrative capital

The district's administrative capital is Anloga.

F6 · Regional classification

Anloga is one of the 18 administrative districts of the Volta Region.

F7 · Population

The recorded 2021 population is 94,895.

Section 04

Clue matrix

Every clue is independently checkable. Clues that proved directly searchable during validation are flagged.

ID	Fact type	Clue	Constraint	Source	Status
C01	Administrative history	The authority was separated from a municipality whose administrative capital carries the same name as that municipality.	Points to Keta Municipality without naming the target district.	Ghana Districts; Ministry of Finance composite budget	VerifiedSearch Shortcut
C02	Legislation	Its establishment instrument was numbered 2372 and issued in 2018.	Fixes the legal basis and the year of creation.	Anloga District Assembly; Ghana Districts; Open Government Partnership	VerifiedSearch Shortcut
C03	Date	The authority was inaugurated on 19 February of the year following its instrument.	Separates creation in law from inauguration in practice.	Anloga District Assembly; Open Government Partnership	Verified
C04	Place	Its administrative capital has the same name as the authority itself.	Removes districts whose capital carries a different name.	Ghana Districts; Open Government Partnership	Verified
C05	Region	The district lies in the southeastern part of the Volta Region and is one of its 18 districts.	Confines the search to one region and one administrative set.	Ghana Districts; Open Government Partnership	Verified
C06	Statistics	Ghana's 2021 Population and Housing Census recorded a district population of 94,895.	Provides an independent numeric confirmation of the candidate.	Ghana Statistical Service	Verified

Section 05

Evidence sources

Only sources actually consulted for this challenge are listed.

S1VerifiedPrimary Source

About Us — Anloga District Assembly

Institution: Anloga District Assembly
Source type: Primary local-government source
Claim supported: The Assembly was established by L.I. 2372 of 2018 and inaugurated on 19 February 2019.
Reliability: High

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S2Verified

Anloga Municipal

Institution: Ghana Districts
Source type: Government-focused district information portal
Claim supported: Anloga was carved out of Keta Municipality, was established under L.I. 2372, has Anloga as its capital and is in the southeastern part of the Volta Region.
Reliability: High

View source

S3Verified

Action Plan — Anloga District, Ghana, 2023–2027

Institution: Open Government Partnership
Source type: Institutional planning document
Claim supported: Anloga is one of the Volta Region's 18 administrative districts; its capital is Anloga; it was established under L.I. 2372 of 2018 and inaugurated on 19 February 2019.
Reliability: High

View source

S4VerifiedPrimary Source

2026–2029 Composite Budget — Anloga District Assembly

Institution: Ministry of Finance, Ghana
Source type: Government PDF
Claim supported: The district was carved out of Keta Municipality and established through L.I. 2372 of 2018.
Reliability: High

View source

S5VerifiedPrimary Source

2021 Population and Housing Census

Institution: Ghana Statistical Service
Source type: Government census record
Claim supported: The district's 2021 population was 94,895.
Reliability: High

View source Supporting data portal

Section 06

Evidence chain

How the clues narrow to one authority.

01
The legislative-instrument clue identifies local authorities created under L.I. 2372.
02
The establishment and inauguration dates narrow the search to a district created in 2018 and inaugurated in February 2019.
03
The administrative-history clue connects the target to Keta Municipality.
04
The capital-name clue identifies Anloga as both the district and its administrative capital.
05
The regional and census clues confirm that the answer is Anloga District Assembly.

Section 07

Search-validation record

Each query was run to test whether the challenge could be short-circuited.

Search ID	Search query	Search type	Result	Answer exposed?	Research note
S01	Volta Region district created 2018	Broad search	Multiple possible districts	No	Too broad to identify one authority.
S02	Ghana district inaugurated 19 February 2019	Date search	Several reports about newly created districts	Partially verified	The date reduces the candidate pool but does not independently prove the answer.
S03	LI 2372 Ghana district	Legislative-record search	Results identify Anloga District	Yes	This query is an accidental shortcut. Do not include the legislative-instrument number verbatim in a future harder version of the challenge.
S04	district carved out of Keta Municipality	Administrative-history search	Anloga District appears directly	Yes	This clue is too searchable when used alone.
S05	site:statsghana.gov.gh Anloga 2021 population	Government-domain search	Census-related records	No	Confirms the population clue after a candidate has been identified.

Section 08

Benchmark assessment

Intermediate DemonstrationNeeds Hardening

The challenge successfully demonstrates multi-source verification and evidence-chain documentation. Validation testing also revealed two direct-search shortcuts. A production benchmark would need to paraphrase or replace those clues before release.

Section 09

Limitations and improvements

Disclosed openly rather than hidden, because they affect how the benchmark should be used.

Shortcut 1 — legislative number

Searching the legislative-instrument number reveals the answer directly. A harder version would describe the instrument without quoting its number.

Shortcut 2 — administrative origin

Searching the phrase about being carved out of Keta Municipality can reveal the answer. A harder version would paraphrase the origin or replace it with a non-verbatim constraint.

Section 10

Skills and tools

Skills demonstrated

Open-web research
Government-record research
Institutional-source research
Fact-checking
Source triangulation
Search-query testing
Evidence-chain construction
Administrative-history research
Census-data research
Research documentation
Benchmark quality assessment
JSON preparation

Tools used

Google Search
Advanced search operators
Ghana government websites
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Districts
Open Government Partnership
Government PDF documents
Browser search
Spreadsheet-style evidence logs
JSON

Section 11

Machine-readable record

The same benchmark, as valid JSON for reuse in an evaluation set.

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Section 12

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