History & Background

The District is located on the North-western part of the Ashanti Region and covers a total surface area of approximately 545.16km2 representing 2.2 percent of the region’s total surface area (24,370.5km2). It lies in Longitude -1.87, Latitude 6.88, Altitude 267.5. Adugyama, the capital is about 42km from Kumasi.The District shares direct boundary with four districts; in the North with Offinso North District, Ahafo Ano South-West to the South, Atwima Nwabiagya North District to the East and Tano South Municipal in Brong Ahafo Region to West. Others are Offinso Municipal to the North East, Atwima Nwabiagya to the South East and Ahafo Ano North Municipal to the South-West.The location of the District falls within the forest zone of Ghana. However, the location of the District in Ashanti Region offers it the opportunity to interact with the Brong Ahafo Region of the country. Figure 1.5, Figure 1.6 and Figure 1.7 show the provisional maps of Ahafo-Ano South-East District the District in the Regional and National context maps respectively.
The District is endowed with natural resources such as agricultural lands, mineral deposits, forest reserves, water resources and tourist sites. The mineral resources are made up of gold and bauxite. The gold deposits are mined through small scale mining and the rest remained unutilised.

The District has estimated road network coverage of 139.9km. Out of this, 97.9km representing 70.0 percent are engineered and 42.0km (30.0%) are un-engineered. These feeder roads linked up the agricultural production centres and major settlements in the District.