The Fanteakwa District is one of the fifteen (17) districts within the Eastern Region of Ghana. It lies within longitudes 0°32.5’ West and 0°10’ East and latitudes 6° 15’ North and 6° 40’ North. Begoro is the District capital of the Fanteakwa District with an estimated population of 23,070 (18,200 in 1984) while the total District population stands at 103,711 (1997) and about 74934 (1984).
It is bonded to the North by the Volta Lake, to the North-West by Kwahu-South District, South-West by the East Akim District, Manya Krobo District to the East and to the South East by the Yilo Krobo District. It is located exactly at the middle of the Eastern Region. Koforidua being the Regional capital of the Eastern region is about 50km from Begoro and also lies to the south of the District capital. Other important towns here are Bosuso, Osino and Hemang.
With a total land area of 1150 sq.km, Fanteakwa District occupies 7.68% of the total land area within the Region (18310 sq.km) and constitutes 0.48% of the total land area in Ghana.
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Members of Osino Anglican Church have raised an amount of 3,500 Ghana cedis to construct a mission house
(OSINO) FANTEAKWA : Fire razes kitchen Disaster struck at Akim Osino in the Fanteakwa District when fire razed down a kitchen belonging to Madam Agnes Kwabua, a 60-year-old farmer, burning to ashes five sheep, four goats and 20 fowls.
(AKIM ABOMPE) FANTEAKWA: Abompe initiates project The Fanteakwa District Assembly in collaborating with the Social Investment Fund is to build a three-unit classroom block, a reading room, a staff common room, a five-seat KVIP toilet and urinal for Abompe Salvation Army Junior High School at a cost of 47,920 Ghana cedis.
