Tano South Municipal District
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Tano South Municipal District is one of the six districts in
Ahafo Region The Ahafo Region is a newly created region in Ghana with Goaso as its capital. The region has administrative and governmental legislature like all the ten already existing regions in Ghana. The region was carved out of the south-eastern part of th ...
,
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. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Tano District in 1988, until the western part of the district was split off to create
Tano North District Tano North Municipal District is one of the six districts in Ahafo 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 ...
in December 2004; thus the remaining part has been renamed as
Tano South District Tano South Municipal District is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Tano District in 1988, until the western part of the district was split off to create Tano North District Tano ...
. It was later elevated to municipal district assembly status in April 2018 to become Tano South Municipal District. The municipality is located in the eastern part of Ahafo Region and has Bechem as its capital town.


Background

In the district there are three health centres and one hospital. Educational facilities include pre-school facilities, schools and a college. The industry within the district focuses on processing wood and agricultural products.


List of settlements


Sources

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District: Tano South District


References

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