Bekwai Municipal Assembly 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 ...
,
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
Amansie East District
Bekwai Municipal Assembly 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 Amansie East District, which it was created from the former Amansie District ...
, which it was created from the former
Amansie District Council. Later, the western part of the district was split off by a decree of president
John Agyekum Kufuor
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008.
Kufuor's career has been sp ...
on 12 November 2003 (effectively 18 February 2004) to create
Amansie Central District
Amansie Central District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Amansie East District in 1988, until the western part of the district was split off by a decree of president J ...
; thus the remaining part has retained as Amansie East District. Then the eastern part of the district was later split off to create
Bosome Freho District
Bosome Freho District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Amansie East District in 2004; until the eastern part of the district was split off by a decree of president Joh ...
on 29 February 2008; while the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on the same year to become and has since been renamed as Bekwai Municipal District. The municipality is located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and has
Bekwai
Bekwai is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. .
References
Sources
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GhanaDistricts.com*
19 New Districts Created', GhanaWeb, November 20, 2003.
2003 establishments in Ghana
Districts of Ashanti Region
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