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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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.
KWABRE E: Asonomansohene is district best farmer Nana Asumin Gyekye II, the chief of Asonomanso and the former Presiding Member of the Kwabre East District Assembly (2009 to 2011) emerged as the overall district best farmer at this year’s District Best Farmer Awards Ceremony held at Kasaam.
KWABRE E: Chief and 24 other farmers receive awards Baffour Asuming Gyekye, Chief of Asonomaso, and 24 others in the Kwabre District, were on Friday honoured with prizes for distinguishing themselves in various areas of agriculture.
KWAWU EAST: Students call for decentralisation of Minerals Commission Students of Ofori Panin Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, have proposed a public policy to decentralise the Minerals Commission to enable small scale miners to register their businesses locally.
KWABRE EAST : Ntonso SDA SHS students plead for new school block Authorities of the Ntonso SDA Girls’ Senior High School in the Kwabre-East District, have appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) and philanthropists to endeavour to come to the school’s aid as it was confronted with serious accommodation challenges.
