Atwima Kwanwoma District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Atwima Kwanwoma District within Ashanti |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Twedie |
Leader Title: | District Executive |
Leader Name: | Nana Okyere Tawiah Antwi |
Leader Title1: | Succeeded |
Leader Name1: | Hon. Emmanuel Kwame Adjei Darkwa |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | — |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 6.5333°N -30°W |
Atwima Kwanwoma District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana.[1] [2] Originally it was part of the then-larger Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma District which was carved out on 10 March 1989 from the Ejisu-Juaben-Bosomtwe District. In 2007, Atwima-Kwanwoma District was created with Foase as its capital which was later moved to Twedie as a result of a supreme Court ruling.
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.