Offinso Municipal located in the extreme north-western part of the Ashanti Region. Offinso Municipal lies between longitude 1’ 65W and 1’ 45E and latitudes 6’ 45N and 7’ 25 S. The District covers an area of 1255km2. One of the 26 districts in the region and about half of its boundary in the north and west is shared with the Brong Ahafo Region. It is also bordered in the east by Ejura-Sekyedumase District and in the south by Kwabre, Sekyere South, Ahafo-Ano South and Atwima-Nwbiagya Districts.
The Municipal capital is Offinso New Town. The Municipality is dissected by the main trunk road between Accra and Kumasi to the north. This is part of the Trans-African Highway, which serves as the main gateway to the Ashanti Region from the Northern and Brong-Ahafo Regions.
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Tension is reportedly high at Offinso in the Ashanti region following rumours that gold ornaments decorating the found Black Stool belonging to the Offinsohene, Nana Wiafe Akenten III, are missing. : more »
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OFFINSO : Residents given free medical care Charity Beyond Borders, a pro-health non-governmental organisation based in the US, has organized a two-day free health screening exercise for residents of the Offinso Municipality held at Amoawi.
OFFINSO : Man gets 8 years . A circuit court at Offinso, has sentenced Kwabena Agbalenyo, 28, to eight years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old girl at Atakorakurom near Abofuo in the Ashanti region.
OFFINSO: District to host International day on bio-diversity The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology will celebrate this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity at Abofour in the Offinso District of the Ashanti Region on May 22, 2009.
OFFINSO Dwamena Akenten SHS gets computers U.S-based Offinso Union, a group of citizens dedicated to the development of their hometown in Ashanti, has donated four set of computers and accessories worth over GH¢5,000 to the Dwamena Akenten Senior High School (SHS) at Offinso.
