Adansi East District is a former district that was located in
Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
,
Ghana
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. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former
Adansi District
Adansi is the name of an Akan ethnic group inhabiting the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The capital of the Adansi is at Fomena. An Adansihene (king of Adansi) is still designated. The Adansi has seven paramountcies: the capital, Fomena, New Edubias ...
Council. However on 17 February 2004, it was split out into two parts for two new districts:
Adansi North District
Adansi North District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was created from parts of two former districts on 17 February 2004: Adansi West District and Adansi East District; thus the remaining parts had bee ...
(capital:
Fomena
Fomena is a small town and is the capital of Adansi North, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. ) and
Adansi South District
Adansi South District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was created from parts of two former districts on 17 February 2004: Adansi West District and Adansi East District; thus the remaining parts had been ...
(capital:
New Edubiase
New Edubiase is a small town and is the capital of Adansi South, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the ...
). The district assembly was located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and had
New Edubiase
New Edubiase is a small town and is the capital of Adansi South, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the ...
as its capital town.
References
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GhanaDistricts.com
Districts of Ashanti Region
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