The Asante Akim South District is one of the 27 districts in the Ashanti Region. The district was carved out of the old Asante Akim District Council in pursuance of the Government’s decentralization and local government reform policy. It was inaugurated in January, 1998 and Juaso made the district capital. Situated on the eastern part of the region, it is the main gateway to Eastern and Greater Accra regions.
Its eastern border forms part of the regional boundary dividing the Ashanti and Eastern Regions. The District also shares common boundaries on the North and North-West with Asante Akim North Municipal and Kwahu South District on the West. On the South-West lies Bekwai Municipal and on the South-East is Birim North District in the Eastern Region.
The total surface area of the district is about 1217.7km² (472.4 sq miles) and it forms about five per cent (5%) of the total area of the Ashanti Region, and 0.5 per cent of the total area of the country.
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The Asante Akim South District has plenty of opportunity for private investment and joint ventureship with the public sector, predicated both on the district’s natural and human resources, as well as the solid infrastructure, which the District Assembly has put in place.
The industrial sector is the smallest sector in the district, employing only about six per cent of the employed labour force. It is made up of agro-based industries (61.7 per cent), wood based industries (11.1 per cent) and clay based industries ( ... more »
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Chiefs and people in the various communities have been urged to offer unit committees at the assemblies’ level every necessary support and encouragement to help them perform.
ASANTE AKIM SOUTH: Rainstorm wreaks havoc at Ofoase. A downpour accompanied by rainstorm on Monday, caused extensive damage to properties running into several thousands of Ghana cedis at Ofoase in the Asante Akim South District.
