Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District

Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District is one of the nine districts in , . Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Sefwi-Wiawso District, until the southwest part of the district was split off…
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  • Type: district of Ghana with 183,000 residents
  • Description: Municipal Assembly in the Western North, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Sefwi-Wiawso” and “Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal Assembly”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingdom of Sefwi.

Town
The was a historical Akan state located in the western forest zone of what is now . It emerged in the 17th century as a confederation of migrant groups fleeing political upheaval in Bono, Adansi, Denkyira, and Asante, who settled in lands previously held by the Aowin polity.

Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District

Latitude
6.2° or 6° 12′ north
Longitude
-2.4833° or 2° 29′ west
Population
183,000
Elevation
204 metres (669 feet)
Open location code
6CRV6G28+2M
Geo­Names ID
7649032
Wiki­data ID
Q2265854
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Yoruba—“Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Sehwi-Wiawso Mansini”
  • Akan: “Sehwi-Wiawso”
  • Cebuano: “Sefwi-Wiawso”
  • Dutch: “Sefwi-Wiawso District”
  • German: “Sefwi Wiawso Municipal District”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District”
  • Hausa: “Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal Assembly”
  • Hungarian: “Sefwi Wiawso Tradicionális Terület”
  • Hungarian: “Sefwi-Wiawso District”
  • Hungarian: “Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal District”
  • Hungarian: “Sefwi-Wiawso”
  • Igbo: “Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal Assembly”
  • Igbo: “Sefwi-Wiawso”
  • Italian: “distretto di Sefwi-Wiawso”
  • Italian: “Distretto municipale di Sefwi-Wiawso”
  • Japanese: “セフィ・ウィアソ都市郡”
  • Japanese: “セフウィ・ウィアソー都市郡”
  • Kusaal: “Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal”
  • Mossi: “Western North Region-Sefwi Wiawso”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Sefwi-Wiawso Munisipal Desekyere”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Sefwi-Wiawso”
  • Spanish: “Sefwi Wiawso”
  • Swedish: “Sefwi-Wiawso”
  • Yoruba: “Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal Assembly”

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