East Akim Municipal District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana.

Later, the northwest part of the district was split off to create Atiwa District on 17 February 2004; thus the remaining part has been retained as East Akim District.

[1] Then it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become East Akim Municipal District.

However, on 1 June 2018, it was split off into two new municipal districts: Abuakwa South Municipal District (capital: Kibi) and Abuakwa North Municipal District (capital: Kukurantumi).

The municipality was located in the central part of Eastern Region and had Kibi as its capital town.