The manufacture and sale of traditional textiles, such as Kente and Adinkra, as well as woodcrafts and artifacts are the main tourist attraction in the Kwabre East District, even though basic service infrastructure, which can boost the tourism industry is lacking.
Kwabre East District is an investment destination for the private sector, bilateral and multilateral institutions in the areas of agriculture, industry, communications and tourism.
Though very young, Kwabre East District is ... more »
Kwabre East District, carved out of the former Kwabre Sekyere District in 1988, is located almost in the central portion of the Ashanti region. It is within latitudes 60 44’ North and longitudes 10 33’ to 1044’ West. The District shares common boundaries with Afigya Sekyere District to the North; Kumasi Metropolitan Area to the South; Ejisu Juaben Municipal to the Southeast; Atwima District to the West and Offinso Municipal to the Northwest. The District has a total land area of 246.8 square kilometres constituting about 1.01% of the total land area of Ashanti Region. Kwabre East District is part of the greater Kumasi City region, which is made up of Kumasi Metropolitan Area and the surrounding Districts
The District capital, Mamponteng, is approximately 14.5 kilometres from Kumasi to the north east. There are 86 settlements, administered under 3 paramountcies, 2 parliamentary constituencies, 11 Area Councils and 42 District electoral areas.
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As a means of ensuring a sustainable source of funding to undertake crucial development projects in the Kwahu East District, the Executive Committee of the Assembly has brought to the fore some forecast that could help in the realization of this plan.
KWABRE E: Sarfo community gets sanitary facility Sanitation in the Sarfo community in the Kwabre East District in the Ashanti Region has been improved following the commissioning of a 16-unit toilet facility.
KWABRE E: More pupils get free school uniforms The second consignments of free school uniforms have been distributed to pupils in the public basic schools in the Kwabre East District in the Ashanti region to boost the level of school attendance in the area.
KWABRE E: Assembly to focus on human resource development The Chief Executive for Kwabre East District in the Ashanti Region, Adams Iddisah has reiterated the assembly’s plans of developing the human resource base to improve the status of the district.
KWABRE EAST : 44 motorbikes for assembly members Assembly members in the Kwabre East district of the Ashanti Region will soon join their colleagues in other parts of the country to enjoy the convenience of working with motorbikes as theirs will be distributed to them on Thursday, December 15, 2011.
