Obuasi Municipal District

Obuasi Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. It was created from the southern part of the former Adansi West District on 17 February 2004; whose remaining parts are now parts of Adansi North District and Adansi South District respectively. In March 2018, the east part of the district was split out to become Obuasi East Municipal District. The municipality is the southern part of Ashanti Region and has Obuasi as its capital town.

Obuasi Municipal Assembly
Municipal District
Obuasi Municipal Assembly
Location of Obuasi Municipal Assembly within Ashanti
Coordinates: 6°12′N 1°41′W
City-State Ashanti
CapitalObuasi
Government
 • Municipal Chief ExecutiveElijah Adansi-Bonah
Population
 (2010)
 • Total169,000
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)

History

The Municipality was created as part of the government’s effort to further decentralize governance. It was carved out of the Adansi West District Assembly (AWDA) on the strength of executive instruments (E. I.) 15 of December, 2003 and Legislative Instrument (L. I.) 1795 of 17 March 2007. The city is well known for its natural resource: gold.

Geography

The Municipality is located at the southern part of Ashanti between latitude 5.35N and 5.65N and longitude 6.35N and 6.90N. It covers a land area of 1624 km2. There are 53 villages in the Municipality which share 19 electoral areas. It is bounded to the east by the Adansi South District, west by Amansie Central District and to the north by the Adansi North District. It has Obuasi as its Administrative Capital, where the famous and rich Obuasi Gold Mine is located.

Climate and topography

The Municipality has a rather undulating topography and the climate is of the semi-equatorial type with a double rainfall regime. Mean annual rainfall ranges between 1250mm and 1750mm. Mean average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and relative humidity is 75% - 80% in the wet season.

The vegetation is predominantly a degraded and semi-deciduous forest. The forest consists of limited species of hardwood which are harvested as lumber. The Municipality has nice scenery due to the hilly nature of the environment.

Sources
  • "Obuasi Municipality District". Statoids.
  • GhanaDistricts.com
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