List of Districts, Municipals and Metros in Ashanti Region, District Capitals and LI

Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council
Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council
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The Ashanti Region is centrally located in the middle belt of Ghana. It lies between longitudes 0.15W and 2.25W, and latitudes 5.50N and 7.46N. The region shares boundaries with four of the ten political regions, Brong-Ahafo in the north, Eastern Region in the east, Central Region in the south and Western Region in the South west.

BRIEF HISTORY

The Asante (Ashantis) constitute the largest of the various subgroups of the Akan, who trace their origins partly to Bono-Manso and Techiman, in present-day Brong Ahafo Region.

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They constitute 14.8 per cent of all Ghanaians by birth, and 30.1 per cent of the total Akan population of 8,562,748 in the country. Various oral traditions have it that the Ashantis migrated from various places through Bono-Manso/Takyiman (Techiman) to present day Ashanti Region.

The Ashanti Region currently has a total of Forty-three (43) administrative Districts, Municipals and Metropolitan with Kumasi as its Regional Capital.

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The table below gives the 43 Districts/Municipals and Metropolitans, their District Capital and Legislative Instrument (LI) number

ASHANTI REGION
DISTRICT NAME DISTRICT CAPITAL DISTRICT LI NUMBER
AMANSIE SOUTH DISTRICT MANSO ADUBIA 2325
AMANSIE CENTRAL DISTRICT JACOBU 1774
AKROFUOM DISTRICT AKROFUOM 2329
ADANSI SOUTH DISTRICT NEW EDUBIASE 1752
ADANSI ASOKWA DISTRICT ADANSI ASOKWA 2331
OBUASI EAST DISTRICT TUTUKU 2332
OAUASI MUNICIPAL OBUASI 1795
ADANSI NORTH FOMENA 1758
BEKWAI MUNICIPAL BEKWAI 1906
AMANSIE WEST DISTRICT MANSO NKWANTA 1403
ATWIMA KWANWOMA DISTRICT TWEDIE 2253
BOSOMTWE DISTRICT KUNTANASE 1922
BOSOME FREHO DISTRICT ASIWA 1852
ASANTE AKIM CENTRAL MUNICIPAL KONONGO 2056
ASANTE AKIM SOUTH MUNICIPAL JUASO 2263
ASANTE AKIM NORTH AGOGO 2057
SEKYERRE KUMAWU DISTRICT KUMAWU 2060
SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT EFFIDUASE 1900
JUABEN MUNICIPAL JUABEN 2296
EJISU MUNICIPAL EJISU 2297
OFORIKROM MUNICIPAL OFORIKROM 2291
ASOKWA MUNICIPAL ASOKWA 2294
KUMASI METROPOLITAN KUMASI 2059
KWADASO MUNICIPAL KWADASO 2292
SUAME MUNICIPAL SUAME 2295
OLD TAFO MUNICIPAL OLD TAFO 2293
ASOKORE MAMPONG MUNICIPAL ASOKORE MAMPONG 2112
KWABRE EAST MUNICIPAL MAMPONTENG 2265
AFIGYA KWABRE SOUTH DISTRICT KODIE 1856
ATWIMA NWABIAGYA NORTH DISTRICT BAREKESE 2327
ATWIMA NWABIAGYA SOUTH NKAWIE 1738
ATWIMA MPONUA NYINAHIN 1785
AHAFO ANO SOUTH WEST  DISTRICT MANKRANSO 1401
AHAFO ANO NORTH MUNICIPAL TEPA 1402
AHAFO ANO SOUTH EAST DWINYAME/ADUGYAMA 2324
OFFINSO NORTH DISTRICT AKOMADAN 1856
OFFINSO MUNICIPAL OFFINSO 1909
AFIGYA KWABRE NORTH DISTRICT BOAMANG 2333
SEKYERE SOUTH DISTRICT AGONA 1898
MAMPONG MUNICIPAL MAMPONG 1908
EJURA SEKYEDUMASE MUNICIPAL EJURA 2098
SEKYERE CENTRAL DISTRICT NSUTA 1841
SEKYERE AFRAM PLAINS DISTRICT DROBONSO 2058

 

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh

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