History, size, and administrative set-up
The Bekwai Municipal Assembly is one of the forty-three (43) Districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. When it was first established in 1988 under the name Amansie East District, it was formed from the former Amansie District Council and was initially established as an ordinary district assembly. Later, on November 12, 2003 (effectively February 18, 2004), President John Agyekum Kufuor issued an executive order splitting off the western portion of the district to form Amansie Central District; the remaining portion of the district has been kept as Amansie East District. Subsequently, on February 29, 2008, the eastern portion of the district was divided to become Bosome Freho District, and the remaining portion was granted municipal district assembly status by Legislative Instrument (L.I. 1906, 2007), which has since been renamed as Bekwai Municipal Districts, with Bekwai as its capital Town. The Municipality's borders are shared by the Bosomtwe District to the north, the Adansi North District to the south, the Bosome-Freho District to the east, and the Amansie Central and West Districts to the west. The Bekwai Municipality lies within latitude 6° 00’N and 6° 30’N and Longitudes 1°00 W and 1° 35 W. 7. The Municipality's overall land area is 535.2 square kilometers, representing 2.2% of the region's total land area (Ashanti). Bekwai is the administrative capital of the Municipality and is about 25km from Kumasi the Regional capital of Ashanti. It is located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and shares boundaries with Bosomtwe District to the North, to the South with Adansi North District, to the East with Bosome-Freho District and to the West with Amansie Central District and Amansie West District. The population density of the Bekwai Municipality is 220.5 persons per square kilometer. With 118,024 residents, this suggests that there are roughly 221 people living in the Municipality per square kilometer. There are 116 communities in the Assembly. Among the principal towns are Bekwai, Kokofu, Essumeja, Anwiankwanta, Dominase, Poano, Ofoase-Kokoben, Bogyawe, Senfi, Huntado, Abodom, Amoaful and Dadease. The Bekwai Municipal Assembly has Eight (8) Zonal councils namely Bekwai, Essumeja, Dadease, Adudwan, Asuodankran, Adagya, Adumasa, and Kokofu.
