Dominase Dominasi | |
|---|---|
  Dominase | |
| Coordinates: 6°12′N1°41′W / 6.200°N 1.683°W Coordinates: 6°12′N1°41′W / 6.200°N 1.683°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti Region |
| District | Bekwai Municipal District |
| Elevation | 650 ft (198 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Dominase is a village in the Bekwai Municipal district, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [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.
The Districts of Ghana are second-level administrative subdivisions of Ghana, below the level of region. There are 261 local metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies.
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km2 (9,417 sq mi) or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the most populated region with a population of 4,780,380 according to the 2011 census, accounting for 19.4% of Ghana's total population. The Ashanti Region is known for its major gold bar and cocoa production. The largest city and regional capital is Kumasi.
Bekwai is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Bekwai is the seventy-ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 7,267 people. Bekwai and Bekwai Municipal are south of the Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi, north of Obuasi.
Bibiani is a town and capital of the Bibiani/Anhwiaso/Bekwai Municipal Assembly, a Municipality within the Western North Region of Ghana.
Bekwai Municipal Assembly 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 Amansie East District, which it was created from the former Amansie District Council. Later, the western part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 12 November 2003 to create Amansie Central District; thus the remaining part has retained as Amansie East District. Then the eastern part of the district was later split off to create Bosome Freho District on 29 February 2008; while the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on the same year to become and has since been renamed as Bekwai Municipal District. The municipality is located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and has Bekwai as its capital town.
Amansie Central District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Amansie East District in 1988, until the western part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 12 November 2003 to create Amansie Central District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Amansie East District. The district assembly is located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and has Jacobu as its capital town.
Bibiani/Anhwiaso/Bekwai Municipal District is one of the nine districts in Western North Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Bibiani/Anhwiaso/Bekwai District, which it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status in March 2012 to become Bibiani/Anhwiaso/Bekwai Municipal District. The municipality is located in the northeast part of Western North Region and has Bibiani as its capital town.
Awaso is a village near the district capital Bibiani of Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipal district, a district in the Western North Region of Ghana. Awaso has a bauxite mine operated by the Ghana Bauxite Company. The mine is served by a rail branch line on the western Ghana rail system, however in 2007, much of the ore goes by road.
The Sefwi are an Akan people.
Bosome Freho District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Amansie East District in 2004; until the eastern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 29 February 2008 to create Bosome Freho District; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Bekwai Municipal District while it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year. The district assembly is located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and has Asiwa as its capital town.
Jacobu is the capital town of Amansie Central, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is near Bekwai. Jacobu and its neighbouring towns form the Odotobri paramountcy.
Kokofu is a town in the Bekwai Municipal district, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Ofoase-Kokoben is a small but beautiful town in the Bekwai Municipal District district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. This small town emanated from two different towns: Ofoase which was in the North and Kokoben in the South. They were separate communities with their leaders, but had a very cordial relationship. They decided to settle close to the main road when the Kumasi to Bekwai route was redirected from Senfi via Dominasi to Anwiankwanta, which are also communities within the same District. These two communities decided to come together under one umbrella with the twin name OFOASE-KOKOBEN, nicknamed as O.K.
Anwia-Nkwanta is a village in the Bekwai Municipal district, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Bekwai may refer to
Sefwi Bekwai is a small town in Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District in the Western Region of Ghana.
Joseph Osei-Owusu is a Ghanaian lawyer, and politician. He is the first deputy speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic and also the Member of Parliament for the Bekwai constituency in the Ghanaian Parliament.
Christopher Addae is an administrator and Ghanaian Politician who served as the member of the Fifth parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency of the Western Region of Ghana. After he emerged the winner of the poll in his constituency in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections.
Agyamasu is a community in the Bekwai District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.