Asunafo North Municipal District
Asunafo North Municipal District[1] is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Asunafo District. Later, part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 12 November 2003 to create Asunafo South District; thus the remaining original part was renamed as Asunafo North District. It was later upgraded to municipal district assembly status in 2008. The municipality is located in the western part of Ahafo Region and has Goaso as its capital town.
Asunafo North Municipal | |
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District | |
 Seal | |
  Asunafo North Municipal | |
| Coordinates: 6°48′N 2°31′W | |
| Region |  Ahafo |
| Capital | Goaso |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Assembly |
| • District Executive | Yaw Osei Boahen |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
History
The Asunafo North Municipal is one of the 260 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and forms part of the 6 of Municipalities and Districts in the Ahafo Region; which was one of the first Districts created in the then Brong Ahafo Region and which dates back as far as 1912.
The Asunafo North Municipal lies between latitudes 6°27°N and 7.00°N and longitudes 2°52°W and shares common boundaries with Asutifi South District in the north east, Dormaa Central Municipal on the north west and Juaboso District and Sefwi-Wiaso Municipal in Western North Region on the west-south borders, and Asunafo South District in the Ahafo Region on the south-eastern borders.
The total land size of the Municipality is 1093.7km2 with 389.7 km2 covered by forest reserves.The population of the Municipality according to 2010 population and housing census stands at 124,685 with 62,854 males and 61,831 females.[2]
List of settlements
| Settlements of Asunafo North Municipal District | |||
| No. | Settlement | Population | Population year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abuom | ||
| 2 | Akrodie | ||
| 3 | Alavanyo | ||
| 4 | Ampenkro | ||
| 5 | Asanteman council | ||
| 6 | Asuadai | ||
| 7 | Asumura | ||
| 8 | Ayomso | ||
| 9 | Bediako | ||
| 10 | Dominase | ||
| 11 | Fawohoyeden | ||
| 12 | Goaso | ||
| 13 | Gyasikrom | ||
| 14 | Kasapin | ||
| 15 | Kojo Addai | ||
| 16 | Mim | ||
| 17 | Pomaakrom | ||
| 18 | Bediakokrom | ||
| 19 | Abebresekrom | ||
Sources
References
- District: Asunafo North Municipal Archived March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "Ghana Districts: A repository of all Local Assemblies in Ghana". www.ghanadistricts.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.