Amansie East District

Amansie East
country	Ghana
region	Ashanti region
Capital	Bekwai
District shape	common
District Chief Executive	Richard Aboagye
surface	1167 km²
population	162,270 (2006)
Population density	139 Ew. / km²
ISO 3166-2	GH-AH-AM

The Amansie East District is one of 138 districts in Ghana . It is located in the center of the country in the Ashanti region and is one of 21 regional districts. The Amansie East District borders the districts of Adansi South , Adansi North , Amansie Central , Bosomtwe / Atwima / Kwanwoma , Ejisu Juaben and Asante Akim South . Until the administrative restructuring and the establishment of new districts in 2004, the Amansie East District had a size of 1,937 km² and 219,508 inhabitants. Today's Chief Executive of the now 1,167 km² district with around 162,270 inhabitants (2006) is Richard Aboagye . The district capital is Bekwai .

geography

The largest natural lake in Ghana, the Bosumtwi , which is 2/3 in the district, is geographically striking . This lake was created millions of years ago by the impact of a meteorite in the district and is now the subject of various geological studies.

The district is overgrown with tropical rainforest and is located on the Ashanti highlands at an altitude between 150 m and 300 m above sea level. Only the crater edges of the Bosumtwi reach slightly above the 300-meter mark. The most important rivers are the Oda and its tributaries Dankran and Anum .

The annual precipitation amounts to 1600 to 1800 mm. The temperatures fluctuate between 20 degrees Celsius in August and 32 degrees Celsius in March. A humidity between 70 and 80% should be measured during the dry season. In the rain forests of the district also important export hardwoods grow like mahogany , Odum , Wawa and Edinam.

With the Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve and the Fun Forest Reserve , two forest reserves have been established in the district.

economy

Agriculture

The region's economy is predominantly agricultural. In agriculture, 58.2 percent of the jobs in the district are taken, making this area an essential source of income for the population. In total, those employed in agriculture generate 75.9 percent of the district's income. Of the 58.2 percent of jobs, only 5.2 percent are in the fishing industry.

The main foods grown in the district are cassava , corn, yam , rice, plantains and vegetables. Cocoa , citrus fruits, coffee and palm oil are also produced for trade . For farms, the average farm size is 5.3 acres; the national average here is 5.0 acres. The vast majority of businesses work within the framework of a subsistence economy and only use simple tools.

Industry, trade and craft

There are five main areas of industry, commerce and handicrafts in the Amansie East District. On the one hand there is a textile industry, a food industry, metal processing industry, handicrafts and services. Forty percent of industrial operations are based on the processing of agricultural products such as the production of palm oil. The economy, especially trade and industry, benefits from the train station in Bekwai and the banks in Bekwai, Kokofu and Anwiankwanta.

Regular markets, some of which take place daily, are organized in Bekwai, Kokofu, Poano and Nsuta to serve as a trading center for goods and services.

health

14 hospitals or health centers have been established in the Amansie East District. Five of these health centers, the Bekwai Hospital, the Kokofo Hospital, the Dunkra Health Center, the Asiwa Health Center and the Gyasikrom Health Center, are state-run. Four more belong to missions, three private facilities and two locally organized small clinics are available. The most common diseases are malaria, skin diseases, parasites and diarrheal diseases.

education

So far, 116 day nurseries and kindergartens, 195 primary schools, 94 junior secondary schools , 6 senior secondary schools and one vocational school have been established in the district by the public sector. There are also 27 private educational institutions. A particular problem is the poor building fabric in which a large number of the schools are located. For example, out of 195 primary schools, only 133 are in good condition, while 62 are in such a bad structural condition that immediate action is necessary. In the Junior Secondary Schools, only 5 of 95 are in disrepair. A total of 27 primary schools and six junior secondary schools suffer from a lack of space; new classrooms would have to be built.

In primary schools, an average of 28 children are taught by one teacher. In the Junior Secondary Schools there are 20 students per teacher, while the Senior Secondary Schools have extremely good conditions with six students per teacher. Of the primary schools, only 48 have their own toilets, 147 primary schools rely on public toilets. Only 75 primary schools have water connections, 120 schools lack direct water connections. Of all the primary schools, only one primary school has a small library.

In the junior secondary schools in the district, only 36 schools have their own toilets, 58 schools can only supply their pupils through the public toilet facilities. 37 schools have a water connection, 57 have no access to water. Of all junior secondary schools, two have a library.

Infrastructure

The water supply for the population in the district is largely ensured by the rivers in the district. Only 30 percent of the population have access to safe groundwater sources such as tap water, boreholes or water pumps.

A railway line runs through the district, some stations are still preserved today. The condition of the railway line can be classified as rather poor.

In Bekwai alone there are 37 public telephone booths available to the population. 5,000 telephone lines have been laid across the district. In 1985 there were only 200 telephone connections in the district, whereby the later separation of a large part of the district is still not taken into account. Today around 20 percent of the district's population are provided with telephone lines.

The postal service has set up a post office each in Bekwai and Kokofu. There are also two smaller post offices in Poano and Dominase. Only six municipalities (Bekwai, Kokofu, Amaoaful, Essumeja, Kortwia and Adom) have mains water connections. As part of the water and sanitation project II, 227 public water points were built in the district to provide additional water. Most of the larger towns are connected to the national electricity grid. There is almost no electricity supply in rural areas.

Constituencies

There are two constituencies in the district. In the constituency of Odotobri, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi was directly elected to parliament as a candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In the constituency of Bekwai, Ignatius Kofi Poku-Adusei (NPP) was directly elected to parliament.

Others

In the Amansie East District, Kokofu – Anyinam is the birthplace of Osei Tutu I , the founder of the Ashanti Kingdom .

Important localities

Poano Dominase Ofoase-Kokoben Cocofu Bonuses (Ghana) , (Behenase) Koniyaw Abodom	Anyanso Ntinankor Adjamesu Bogyawe Fereso No. 2 Anwankwanta Esumeja	Tweapease Medoma

See also

• List of districts of Ghana

Web links

• Statoids
• ghanadistricts.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statoids, as of 2004
2. ↑ Ghana districts, Educational System ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.