Asamang | |
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  Asamang | |
| Coordinates: 6°54′N1°26′W / 6.900°N 1.433°W Coordinates: 6°54′N1°26′W / 6.900°N 1.433°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti Region |
| District | Sekyere South District |
| Elevation | 1,043 ft (318 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Asamang is a village in the Atwima Nwabiagya district, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [1]
Nkawie is a large agrarian and service town and the capital of Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nkawie is located on the western stretch of the Kumasi Bibiani road and bounded by two other major towns. - Toase and Abuakwa. It is home to prosperous business men in Ghana. There is a government hospital, a fire service station, a secondary technical institution and other government institutions like the courts, education offices, health insurance office, post office and the new immigration offices. The Forestry Commission is the second highest revenue earner in the forestry services in Ghana. The Owabi dam also supplies water to the south of the municipality. The famous Barekese dam also located in the Municipality supplies water to about 75% of Kumasi. Politically, the Town is an electoral bank for the New Patriotic Party. Nkawie is the home town of former Ghanaian president John Kufuor.
Atwima District is a former district that was located in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 12 November 2003, it was split off into two new districts by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor: Atwima Nwabiagya District and Atwima Mponua District. The district assembly was located in the western part of Ashanti Region and had Nkawie as its capital town.
Atwima Mponua District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana, and is the westernmost district in the Ashanti Region. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Atwima District in 1988; until part of the district was split off to create Atwima Mpouna District by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 12 November 2003 ; while the remaining part has been renamed as Atwima Nwabiagya District. The district assembly is located in the western part of Ashanti Region and has Nyinahin as its capital town.
Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District 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 Atwima District. Later, part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 12 November 2003 to create Atwima Mponua District; thus the remaining part was renamed to become Atwima Nwabiagya District. However on 15 March 2018, the northern part of the district was later split off to create Atwima Nwabiagya North District; while the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on the same year to become Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District. The municipality is located in the western part of Ashanti Region and has Nkawie as its capital town.
Atwima-Mponua is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Atwima-Mponua is located in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Atwima-Nwabiagya is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Atwima-Nwabiagya is located in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In 2012 the constituency was split into the Atwima Nwabiagya South and the Atwima Nwabiagya North constituencies.
Barekese Senior High School ('Basec) is a coeducational high school in Barekese in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Barekese is a town and capital of the Atwima Nwabiagya District within Ashanti Region, Ghana. It is home to the Barekese Dam and Barekese Senior High School.
Barekese Dam is a dam on the Ofin River that supports the main water treatment plant for Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, supplying about 80 percent of the potable water for the city and its surrounding environs. It is operated by the Ghana Water Company.
Abuakwa is a small town in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region.
The Atwima-Nwabiagya North is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Atwima-Nwabiagya North is located in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The constituency and Atwima-Nwabiagya South are sister constituencies born out of the Atwima-Nwabiagya constituency in 2012.
Atwima-Nwabiagya South is one of the constituencies that are represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Atwima-Nwabiagya South is located in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The constituency and Atwima-Nwabiagya North are sister constituencies born out of the Atwima-Nwabiagya constituency in 2012.
Emmanuel Adjei Anhwere, (MP) is a Ghanaian politician and the member of parliament in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the eighth Parliament of Ghana, representing the people of Atwima-Nwabiagya South constituency of the Ashanti region of Ghana.
The Kumasi Military Hospital is a military hospital in Afari in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Afari is a town between Kumasi and Nkawie in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is the site for the Kumasi Military Hospital.
Anthony Osei Boakye is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing Atwima Nwabiagya South in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Edward Kojo Duncan-Williams was a Ghanaian politician. He was a member for parliament for the Adaagya constituency from 1965 to 1966, he was also one of the earliest District Commissioners to be appointed in Kumasi.
James Edusei Sarkodie is a Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament for the Atwima Nwabiagya constituency from 1997 to 2005.
Yaw Bampoh is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Atwima Nwabiagya constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
Atwima Nwabiagya North District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Atwima Nwabiagya District on 17 February 2004; until the northern part of the district was split off to create Atwima Nwabiagya North District on 15 March 2018; while the remaining part has been renamed as Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District when it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year. The district assembly is located in the western part of Ashanti Region and has Barekese as its capital town.