Atiwa District is named after the Atiwa Mountain Range that has a beautiful evergreen forest cover. The mountain is again the source of rivers Birim and Densu and a number of streams. There are also attractions like waterfalls, butterfly sanctuary and the mausoleum for the burial of Akyem Abuakwa Kings in the forest. The name Atiwa therefore connotes wealth or richness.
Atiwa District is however poor in terms of infrastructural development and it is important to tap its resources to enrich its economy. It is in this spirit that the District was carve ... more »
The Atiwa District is one of the seventeen Districts in the Eastern Region and located in the North-Western part of the Eastern Region. The District was carved out of the East Akim Municipal by Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1784 of 20th February 2004 in pursuance of the Government’s Decentralization policy. Kwabeng is the District Capital.
The District shares boundaries with five (5) Districts as follows; To the North by Kwahu West Municipal, To the South by East Akim Municipal, To the West by Birim Central Municipal, To the East by Fanteakwa and To the South West by Kwaebibirim. Other major towns in the District are Anyinam, Sekyere New Jejeti, Abomosu, Kadewaso, Akropong, and Asaman-Tamfoe.
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The Atiwa District Assembly has added its voice to the numerous calls on the need for maintenance culture in the country.
ATIWA: Assembly committed to boosting agric - DCE The Atiwa District Chief Executive, Emmanueal Atta Twum has emphasized his outfit’s commitment to continue implementing policies and measure that will ensure the agricultural sector in the district becomes more viable.
ATIWA: More schools under trees eliminated Government is gradually making some headway in its quest to eliminate the over four thousand schools under trees spread across the country.
ATIWA : More school integrated into feeding programme As part of efforts to promote quality and universal education, the Atiwa District Assembly have recently migrated six new schools onto the Ghana School Feeding Programme.
ATIWA: Mrs Akuffo Addo donates to flood victims in Eastern Region Mrs Rebecca Akuffo Addo, wife of Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has donated items valued at GH ¢ 7,000 to the recent flood victims in the Eastern Region.
