Afigya Kwabre 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 m ...
,
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 ...
.
It was created from the western portion of
Afigya-Sekyere District (now currently known as
Sekyere South District) and the western portion of
Kwabre District
Kwabre District is a former district that was located in 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 Atlantic Ocean to the south ...
(now currently known as
Kwabre East Municipal District
Kwabre East Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Kwabre District
Kwabre District is a former district that was located i ...
) on 1 November 2007 (effectively 29 February 2008). However on 15 March 2018, it was split off into two new districts:
Afigya Kwabre South District
Afigya Kwabre South District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Afigya Kwabre District on 29 February 2008, until the northern part of the district was split off to crea ...
(capital:
Kodie) and
Afigya Kwabre North District
Afigya Kwabre North District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Afigya-Kwabre District
Afigya Kwabre District is a former district that was located in Ashanti Region
...
(capital:
Boamang). The district assembly was the northern part of Ashanti Region and had
Kodie as its capital town.
Sources
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GhanaDistricts.com
References
Districts of Ashanti Region
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