The Brong Ahafo Region, formerly a part of the Ashanti Region, was created in April 1959. It covers an
area of 39,557 square kilometres and the second largest region in the country (16.6%) and shares
boundaries with the Northern Region to the north, the Ashanti and Western Regions to the south,
the Volta Region to the east, the Eastern Region to the southeast and La Cote d’Ivoire to the west.
The central point of the landmass of Ghana is in the region, at Kintampo.It has 19 administrative
districts, with Sunyani as the regional capital. The region lies in the forest zone and is a major cocoa
and timber producing area. The northern part of the region lies in the savannah zone and is a major
grain- and tuber-producing region. The region has a population of 1,815,408, indicating an intercensal
growth rate of 2.5 per cent over the 1984 population figure. Enumeration covered all the 17,546
localities in the region.
There are 19 districts headed by District Chief Executives who, in turn, are under the political and
administrative jurisdiction of the Regional Minister.
• Asunafo South
• Asutifi
• Atebubu-Amantin
• Berekum Municipal
• Dormaa East new
• Dormaa Municipal
• Jaman North
• Jaman South
• Kintampo North Municipal
• Kintampo South
• Nkoranza North new
• Nkoranza South
• Pru
• Sene
• Sunyani Municipal
• Sunyani West new
• Tain
• Tano North
• Tano South
• Techiman Municipal
• Wenchi Municipal
