Asunafo North Municipal District

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Asunafo North Municipal District
Municipal District
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Asunafo North Municipal District
Location of Asunafo North Municipal District within Ahafo Region
Coordinates: 6°48′N2°31′W / 6.800°N 2.517°W / 6.800; -2.517
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Region Flag of Brong-Ahafo Region.gif  Brong-Ahafo
Capital Goaso
Government
  Municipal Chief ExecutiveYaw Osei Boahen
Area
  Total1,093 km2 (422 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total150,198 [1]
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Asunafo North Municipal District is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. [2] It was formerly part of the then-larger Asunafo District from 1988 until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 12 November 2003 (effectively 17 February 2004) to become Asunafo South District. The remaining northern part was renamed as Asunafo North District which was later elevated to municipal status on 29 February 2008 to become Asunafo North Municipal District. The municipality is located in the western part of Ahafo Region and has Goaso as its capital town. [3]

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History

Asunafo North Municipal District is one of the 260 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and forms part of the 6 Municipalities and Districts in the Ahafo Region. It was one of the first Districts created in the then Brong-Ahafo Region dating back as far as 1912.

Asunafo North Municipal District lies between latitudes 6°27°N and 7.00°N and longitudes 2°52°W and shares common boundaries with Asutifi South District in the north east, Dormaa Central Municipal on the north west and Juaboso District and Sefwi-Wiaso Municipal in Western North Region on the west-south borders, and Asunafo South District in the Ahafo Region on the south-eastern borders.

The total land size of the Municipality is 1093.7 km2 with 389.7 km2 covered by forest reserves. The population of the Municipality according to 2010 population and housing census stands at 124,685 with 62,854 males and 61,831 females. [4]

List of settlements

Settlements of Asunafo North Municipal District [5]
No. Settlement PopulationPopulation year
1 Mim 30,7532017
2 Goaso 24,8462017
3Akrodie5,2591017
4Fawohoyeden5,1682017
5Kasapin4,5632017
6Ayomso4,0972017
7Bediako3,2122017
8Dominase2,0812017
9Asumura2,2122017
10Pomaakrom1,5422017
11Bitre Ahenkro (Kojo Addai)1,4202017
12Nyamekyebekyere1,2742017
13Ampenkro1,1592017
14Abebresekrom1,1262017
15Gyakontabuo1,1082017
16Kwaopotey1,0862017
17Nyankomagokrom1,0232017
18Kofi Mmerekrom1,0162017
19Daseana1,0122017
19Gyasikrom1,0022017

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