The Districts of Ghana are second-level administrative subdivisions of Ghana, below the level of region. There are 260 districts.
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.
The Atwima District is a former district that was located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Atwima Mponua District was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on November 12, 2003, the remainder is since then officially called the Atwima Nwabiagya District.
The Atwima Mponua District is one of the twenty-seven (27) districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, and is the westernmost district in the Ashanti Region. Its capital is Nyinahin. The district was created out of the former Atwima District by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on November 12, 2003; which the remaining part is renamed as Atwima Nwabiagya District.
The Bosomtwe District is one of the twenty-seven (27) districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Its capital is Kuntanase. The district was formed after the Atwima Kwanwoma District was taken out of the former Botsomtwe/Atwima/Kwanwoma District. This was itself carved from the former Ejisu/Juaben/Bosomtwe District.
Nyinahin is a small town and is the capital of Atwima Mponua, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Atwima-Kwanwoma 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-Kwanwoma is located in the Botsomtwe/Atwima/Kwanhuma district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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.
The Atwima Kwanwoma is one of the twenty-seven (27) districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Its capital is Twedie. The district is among the new districts and municipalities created in 2008 by the then President, John Kufuor. Former Head of State General Ignatious Kutu Akyeampong hailed from the district and is buried in his home town of Hwidiem, a town in the district. Afia Kobi Girls Senior High School is located at Trabuom. Renamed after the late Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi, the school was formerly called Atwimaman Secondary School. It was opened in 1975.
Asamang is a village in the Atwima Nwabiagya district, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Barekese is a town in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ghana. It is home to the Barekese Dam and Barekese Senior High School.
Atwima Rural Bank Ltd is a rural bank founded in 1980 and located in Kumasi, Ghana. Like other rural banks in Ghana it provides banking services to the rural population and is regulated by the ARB Apex Bank.
Benito Owusu Bio is a land economist and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He is the Member of Parliament representing Atwima-Nwabiagya constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th,5th,6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
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.
Isaac Kwame Asiamah is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He is the Member of Parliament of Atwima Mponua constituency. He has been the member of parliament for the constituency in the 4th,5th,6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. Since February 2017 he is the government's Minister of Youth and Sports.
Matthew Kwaku Antwi is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Atwima-Kwanwoma constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
James Edusei Sarkodie is a Ghanaian Politician and a member of the Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Atwima Mponua Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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