Aowin / Suaman District
| Aowin / Suaman District | |
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| country |
 Ghana
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| region | Western North Region |
| Capital | Enchi |
| District shape | common |
| District Chief Executive | Kingsley Ofori Asante |
| surface | 2,638 km² |
| population | 119,128 (2002) |
| Population density | 45 Ew. / km² |
The Aowin / Suaman District is a district in the Western North Region of Ghana . It extends north-south along the border with the neighboring state of Ivory Coast and is separated from the Gulf of Guinea by the Jomoro district in the western region .
population
16% of the population live in "urban" areas; H. in towns with more than 5000 inhabitants. Most of the residents of the district belong to a people of the Akan group , mostly the subgroups of the Anyin (or Aowin) or Suaman , who gave the district its name.
Economy and environment
80% of the employees work in agriculture. The main cash crops are cassava , plantains , corn and yams .
More than half of the area of the district is covered by forest (mostly tropical rainforest ) and various types of trees ( odum , mahogany ) are hardwood species of great economic value. Logging is therefore an important industry. There are nine forest reserves.
Mining (gold) also plays an economic role.
The main rainy season is from May to July, the "small rainy season" from September to October. In general, 1500 to 1800 millimeters of precipitation fall annually.
The largest river in the district is the Tano , the next largest are the Bia and the tributaries of the Tano: Boin, Disue, Samre and Fanoma.
Larger towns
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