Asutifi District
The Asutifi District was a district in Ghana . It belonged to the Brong-Ahafo region in the center of Ghana and was created in 1988 by decree of President Jerry Rawlings together with the districts of Ahafo Ano North and Ahafo Ano South through the division of the Ahafo District .
The Asutifi District, located in the southwestern part of the Brong-Ahafo region, bordered the districts of Asunafo South , Asunafo North , Dormaa , Sunyani Municipal and Tano North, as well as the districts of Ahafo Ano North and Atwima Mponua in the Ashanti region . Chief executive over the 1,799 km² district with approx. 83,638 inhabitants (2002) was Opoku Pepra with its seat in the district capital Kenyasi . The district was divided into the districts Asutifi North and Asutifi South . His area has belonged to the Ahafo region since 2018 .
geography
The district had an area of 1,799 km² and 84,475 inhabitants (as of 2000). It was mostly in a dense forest area at an average height of about 230 meters above sea level. The district was traversed by the Tano River and its tributaries Nsubin , Goa and Ntrotro .
Important geographic elevations were the Birimain and Dahomeyan mountain ranges . Gold deposits have been found in the Birimain mountain range. In addition, deposits of manganese and bauxite were suspected. Diamonds have been found in the Wamahinso area. Sand deposits were also found in Kenyasi, Gambia No.2, Hwidiem and Acherensua, and clay deposits were discovered in Nsunyameye and Dadiesoaba.
population
In the 1984 census, 54,891 residents were counted. In 2000 this number had risen to 84,475. This results in an annual population growth of 2.8 percent. For the year 2006 estimates resulted in a population of 99,928 residents.
Of the population, a total of 54.3 percent belonged to the closely related ethnic groups of the Ashanti and the Brong . Another 19.4 percent of the population came from the peoples of the north. Furthermore, Ewe and other Akan lived in the district like the Fanti . A total of 73.3 percent of the population belonged to Christianity, 23.8 percent were Muslims and 2.9 percent belonged to traditional religions.
In 2006, around 54.7 percent of the population were between the ages of 15 and 64 who were able to work. Approx. 50.4 percent of the population were women. Only in the Kenyani No. 2 and Hwediem lived over 5000 people in 2006. A little over 20 percent of the district's population lived in urban conditions. The district had a total of 117 settlements in 4 larger traditional government units (paramountcies) in Kenyasi No. 1, Kenyasi No. 2, Hwidiem and Acherensua.
economy
The population was mainly engaged in agriculture. 17 percent of the population earned their income from trading. Some banks were operating in the district. The EcoBank and the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) in Kenyasi No. 1 branches, the Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. had a branch in Hwediem, the Tano Rural Bank had its headquarters in Ntotroso (and branches in Kenyasi No. 1 and Gambia No. 2), the Tano Agya Rural Bank had branches in Kenyasi No. 2 and Dadiesoaba, the Asutifi Rural Bank was based in Acherensua (and a branch in Kenyasi No. 2), the Ahafo Community Bank had branches in Hwediem and Kenyasi No. 1.
Infrastructure
The district's water supply in the Kenyasi, Acherensua and Hwidiem areas was tap water. All other settlements were not yet connected to the tap water system and covered the water requirements for 57 percent of the district population from hand-operated pumps, and 21 percent from boreholes. Almost 17 percent had access to tap water.
Education and health
86 kindergartens, 94 elementary schools, 53 junior secondary schools and four senior secondary schools had opened in the district. On average, three out of four children attended school and in any case received primary education.
The health sector in the district consisted of the Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Hwidiem from only one essential health facility. Smaller health centers were the Kenyasi Health Center, Gyedu Health Post, Acherensua Health Post, Dadiesoaba Health Post and the Gambia MCH Clinic. Other smaller village clinics were in Gambia No.1 and Nkaseim. Three other birthing centers were found in Kensere, Kenyasi and Twabidi. Approx. 60 obstetricians were also active in the district.
Constituencies
Two constituencies were established in the Asutifi district. In the constituency of Asutifi North, Paul Okoh won a seat in the Ghanaian parliament for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2004 general election. Alhaji Collins Dauda won the 2004 general election for the National Democratic Congress NDC for the constituency of Asutifi South .