Afram Plains District is a former district that was located in
Eastern Region,
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 Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as
Kwahu North District
Afram Plains District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Kwahu North District, which was created from the former Kwahu District Counci ...
, which was created from the former
Kwahu District
Kwahu District is a former district council that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1975. However, on 10 March 1989, it was split off into two new district assemblies: Kwahu South District ...
Council, until it was later renamed to become Afram Plains District in 1993. However on 19 June 2012, it was split off into two new districts:
Kwahu Afram Plains North District (capital:
Donkorkrom
Donkorkrom is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of Kwahu Afram Plains North district, a district in the Eastern Region of Ghana. ) and
Kwahu Afram Plains South District (capital:
Tease). The district assembly was located in the northern part of Eastern Region and had
Donkorkrom
Donkorkrom is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of Kwahu Afram Plains North district, a district in the Eastern Region of Ghana. as its capital town.
Administration
In Kwahu Afram Plains North District, they currently have Hon. Betty Mensah, who succeeded Hon. Emmanuel Aboagye Didie as the member of Parliament and Hon. Samuel Kena as the district chief executive. Hon. Samuel Kena is a retired educationist.
Recreation
Area well noted for fresh water fishing and production of smoked fish. Most major markets in Ghana receive their smoked fish from this area. Traditionally, owned by the Kwahu but occupied much by the Ewes and Krobos due to the fishing.
Sources
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District: Kwahu North District
References
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1989 disestablishments in Africa
Eastern Region (Ghana)
Former districts of Ghana
States and territories disestablished in 1989