Ahafo Ano North Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts 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 ...
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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 as
Ahafo Ano North District, which was created from the former
Ahafo Ano District Council; until it was elevated to municipal district assembly status to become Ahafo Ano North Municipal District in November 2017 (effectively 15 March 2018). The municipality is located in the western part of Ashanti Region and has
Tepa as its capital town.
Geography
Ahafo Ano North Municipal District is mostly based on
rainforests.
Economy
About 85% of the working population are
farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer m ...
s and it is one of the most important cocoa growing districts of Ghana.
Health
The municipal has only one major health facility, the District Hospital at Tepa, and four smaller health service stations. There is little proper sanitation.
Transport
Like much of Ghana, the roads here are largely untarred (with the exception of the main road).
References
Sources
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GhanaDistricts.com
Districts of Ashanti Region
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