DISTRICT PROFILE
Kwahu Afram Plains South District is one of the 33 administrative districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana, established by the legislative instruments LI 2045 in 2012, with its capital at Tease.
It has an estimated population of 77,143 according to the 2021 population and housing census with an annual growth rate of 2.1%.
The district is located at the North-Western corner of the Eastern Region and covers a total land size of 3095 square kilometres, with two hundred and sixty-two (262) communities. Out of this, ninety-four (94) communities are located on the islands while the remaining one hundred and sixty-eight (168) are inland.
It shares a boundary to the North with Kwahu Afram Plains North, South by Kwahu South District, to the East with Volta Lake and the West with two districts in the Ashanti region precisely the Asanti Akyem North and Sekyere Afram Plains Districts.
There are a total of forty health facilities in the district. These include one polyclinic (CHAG), Six Health Centres (2 CHAG and 4 public) one private clinic and Thirty-two CHPS Compounds. The district has no hospital. Based on the location of the facilities, cases are referred either to Presbyterian Hospital, Donkorkrom (Kwahu Afram Plains North), Kwahu Government Hospital, Atibie (Kwahu South) and Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo (Asante Akim North).
The land is generally undulating and rises about 60 metres to 120 metres above sea level. The District is drained to the south by the Afram River and the Volta River to the east which flow continually throughout the year and can be used for both domestic and agricultural purposes. Several other seasonal streams are found in the District. The pattern is largely dendritic flowing in the north-south direction.
The district lies within the savannah vegetation zone comprising the savannah transitional zone and savannah woodland. There are few forest reserves covering about 120.8sq km. The forest reserves constitute about 15% of the entire surface area of the district. Some commercial tree species contained in the forest are Milicia excelsa (Odum), Sterculia rhinopetala (Wawa), Terminalia superba (Ofram), Khaya ivoriensis (African mahogany), Antiaris toxicaria (Kyenkyen) etc.
The predominant occupation in the district is agriculture which employs about 77.2% of the total labour force. This includes commercial crop farmers (mainly maize, cassava, yam, potatoes, tomatoes, and onions), livestock and fishermen in communities along the Afram River.
The District is surrounded by the Afram River in the west, the Volta River in the east and the Obosom River in the north, all of which can be tapped for domestic, industrial and agricultural purposes
The district is typically a settler district with the majority being migrants. Ewes constitute the highest, followed by the Ashantis, the Kwahus, as well as tribes from the Northern extraction of the Country. However, the widely spoken language in the district is Twi.
