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Dormaa District is a former district that was located in Brong-Ahafo Region (now currently in
Bono Region The Bono region is one of the 16 administrative regions of Ghana. It is as a result of the remainder of Brong-Ahafo region when Bono East region and Ahafo region were created. Sunyani, also known as the green city of Ghana, is the regional capit ...
),
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. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989. However, on 1 November 2007 (effective 29 February 2008), it was split off into two new districts 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 ...
: Dormaa Central District (which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 28 June 2012; capital:
Dormaa Ahenkro Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana.Dormaa District
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) and
Dormaa East District Dormaa East District is one of the twelve districts in Bono 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, shari ...
(capital:
Wamfie Wamfie is a town located in the Bono Region of Ghana. It is the capital of Dormaa East District. The town is known for the Mansen Commercial Day Senior High School. The school is a second cycle The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in t ...
). The district assembly was located in the western part of Brong-Ahafo Region (now southwest part of Bono Region) and had
Dormaa Ahenkro Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana.Dormaa District
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as its capital town.


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Districts of Bono Region {{BonoRegion-geo-stub