Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal 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 ( ComoƩ District) on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions ...
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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 ...
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Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as
Sefwi-Wiawso District
Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District is one of the nine districts in Western North Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Sefwi-Wiawso District, until the southwest part of the district was spli ...
, until the southwest part of the district was split off to create
Sefwi-Akontombra District
Sefwi-Akontombra District is one of the nine districts in Western North Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Sefwi-Wiawso District in 1988, which was created from the former Sefwi-Bibiani District Council, until the s ...
on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been retained as Sefwi-Wiawso District, which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status in March 2012 (effectively 28 June 2012) to become Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District. The municipality is located in the northeast part of Western North Region and has
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 ...
as its capital town.
See also
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Sefwi-Wiawso (Ghana parliament constituency)
Sefwi-Wiawso is a parliamentary constituency in the Western North Region of Ghana. The member of parliament for the constituency is Kwaku Afriyie, who was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 elections.
Members o ...
Sources
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GhanaDistricts.com
References
Districts of the Western North Region
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