Juaboso District is one of the nine districts in
Western North Region
The Western North Region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in 2019. The region is bounded by the Ivory Coast ( Comoé District) on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions ...
,
Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger
Juaboso-Bodi District in August 2004, which was created from the former
Sefwi-Bibiani District
Sefwi-Bibiani District is a former district council that was located in Western Region (now currently in Western North Region), Ghana. Originally created as an district council in 1975. However on 1988, it was split off into two new district ass ...
Council, until the southeast part of the district was split off to create
Bodi District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as
Juaboso District. The district assembly is located in the northwest part of Western North Region and has
Juaboso as its capital town.
Juaboso City
It is about 65 kilometers north west of the district capital
Wiawso
Sefwi Wiawso is a town in the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District in the Western North Region of Ghana. It doubles as the capital of Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District and Western North Region.
Wiawso serves as the traditional seat for the Omanhene o ...
. It is also 360 kilometers north west of
Takoradi on the
Atlantic Ocean coast and 225 kilometres south west of
Kumasi, capital of the
Ashanti Region.
Geography
Juaboso District lies between latitude 6° 6'N and 7°N, and longitude 2°40'W and 3°15'W. To the north are the
Bia East,
Bia West and
Asunafo North Municipal Districts. Its eastern neighbours are the
Asunafo South and
Bodi Districts. The
Suaman District lies south and the
La Cote d’Ivoire is to the west.
Sub-district structures
Juaboso District has four area councils: Kofikrom-Proso, Asempaneye,
Benchema-Nkatieso and Boinzan.
Demographics
The population based on the 2010 population and housing census was 58,435. This was made up of 29,742 males and 28,693 females.
References
Districts of the Western North Region
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