Bodwesango | |
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  Bodwesango | |
| Coordinates: 6°16′N1°25′W / 6.267°N 1.417°W Coordinates: 6°16′N1°25′W / 6.267°N 1.417°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti Region |
| District | Adansi North District |
| Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Bodwesango is a village in the Adansi North district, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [1]
Bodwesango is known for the Bodwesango Senior High School. [2] [3] The school is a second cycle institution. [4]
The Saint Louis General Hospital is located in Bodwesango. [1]
Adansi is the name of an Akan ethnic group inhabiting the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The capital of the Adansi is at Fomena. An Adansihene is still designated. The Adansi has seven paramountcies: the capital, Fomena, New Edubiase, Ayaase, Akrokyere (Akrokerri), Akrofuom, Bodwesango and, Dompoase. The Adansi is devolved into three local government divisions - Adansi South which has a population of 129,325 and an area of 1,380 square kilometres has the capital at New Edubiase; Adansi North has a population of 235,680, and an area 828 square kilometres and has its capital at Fomena; and Obuasi Municipal which has a population of 175,043 and is the second-largest urban settlement in the Ashanti Region and the eight biggest urban settlement in Ghana. Adansi South was once the largest cocoa growing area in the Ashanti Region.
Adansi North District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was created from parts of two former districts on 17 February 2004: Adansi West District and Adansi East District; thus the remaining parts had been absorbed into parts of Obuasi Municipal District and Adansi South District respectively. On 15 March 2018, the southeast part of the district was split off to create Adansi Asokwa District. The district is located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and has Fomena as its capital town.
Adansi South District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was created from parts of two former districts on 17 February 2004: Adansi West District and Adansi East District; thus the remaining parts had been absorbed into parts of Obuasi Municipal District and Adansi North District respectively. On 15 March 2018, the western part of the district was split off to create Akrofuom District. The district assembly is the southernmost part of Ashanti Region and has New Edubiase as its capital town.
Obuasi Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Adansi West District in 1988, until part of the district was split off to create Obuasi Municipal District on 15 December 2003 ; whose remaining parts had been absorbed into parts of Adansi North District and Adansi South District respectively. Later, the eastern part of the district was split off to create Obuasi East District on 15 March 2018; thus the remaining part has been retained as Obuasi Municipal District. The municipality is the southern part of Ashanti Region and has Obuasi as its capital town.
Adansi-Asokwa 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. Adansi-Asokwa is located in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Prominent communities in the Adansi-Asokwa constituency include Bodwesango, Fumso, Aboabo, Anhwiaso, Adiemra, Hwiremoase, and Pipiiso.
Dompoase, a suburb of Kumasi, and located in the Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The place is known for Dompoase Senior High School. It is a town of 30,000 people in Ghana. Kumasi is the capital of the region, considered the wealthiest and most powerful in the nation. It is the area of most cocoa production, as well as gold mining.
The Community Health Nurses Training College is public tertiary health institution in Fomena in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The college is in the Adansi North District. The activities of the institution is supervised by the Ministry of Education. The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) regulates the activities, curriculum and examination of the student nurses and midwives. The council's mandate Is enshrined under section 4(1) of N.R.C.D 117.
Nalerigu is the largest town in the East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly in the North East Region of Ghana as well as the traditional capital of the Mamprusi people, the seat of the Paramount Chief, the NaYiri. Nalerigu is also the capital of the North East Region of Ghana.
Sandema is the capital town of Builsa North District, a district in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
Ave-Dakpa is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana and the capital of the Akatsi North District. The town is known for the Ave-Dakpa Secondary. The school is a second cycle institution. The town has a crocodile pond that attracts tourists from near and far.
Aveyime-Battor is a village in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Akrokerri is a town and a suburb of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is located in the Adansi North District.
Fomena is a small town and is the capital of Adansi North, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is known as the place where the bond of 1844 was signed.
Hwidiem is a small town in the Asutifi district, a district in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.
Kobina Tahir Hammond is a Ghanaian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Adansi-Asokwa constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and the 8th Parliament of the 4th Ghanaian Republic. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
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Alex Blankson is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for Akrofuom Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Adansi Asokwa is the capital of the Adansi Asokwa District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The district itself was created out of the Adansi North District by Legislative Instrument in 2018. It is located in the southern half of the region on the N8 highway running from Kumasi, capital of the region to Yamoransa near Cape Coast, capital of the Central Region. It is also the main town in the Asokwa Area Council, one of four in the district.
Bodwesango Senior High School is a mixed second cycle institution in Bodwesango in Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In 2009, the school took part in the Inter-school debate under the topic: "Leaders are born but not made" where they emerged the first runner-up.
Dompoase Senior High School is a mixed second cycle institution in Dompoase in the Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.