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The Krachi West Municipal is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and forms part of the 8 of Municipalities and Districts in the Oti Region

Krachi West Municipal  is located at the western part of the Oti Region of Ghana, adjacent to Lake Volta. It lies between longitudes 0º 05’West and 0º 07’West and latitudes 7º 65’ North and 8º 06’ North. It has a total surface area of about 1248 Square Kilometers of which about 20 per cent is covered by water.  The Administrative capital is Kete Krachi. 

It is bounded to the east by the Oti River that separates it from the Krachi East Municipal, to the north by the newly created Krachi Nchumuru District and to the south and west by the Volta Lake which separates it from the Sene East District of the Bono East Region.

The population of the Municipality according to 2021 population and housing census stands  at 61,128 with 31,209 males and 29,919 females.