The Fanteakwa District is one of the twenty (20) districts within the Eastern Region of Ghana. It lies within longitudes 0°32.5’ West and 0°10’ East and latitudes 6° 15’ North and 6° 40’ North. Begoro is the District capital of the Fanteakwa District with an estimated population of 23,070 (18,200 in 1984) while the total District population stands at 103,711 (1997) and about 74934 (1984).
It is bonded to the North by the Volta Lake, to the North-West by Kwahu-South District, South-West by the East Akim Municipal, Lower Manya Krobo District to the East and to the South East by the Yilo Krobo District. It is located exactly at the middle of the Eastern Region. Koforidua being the Regional capital of the Eastern region is about 50km from Begoro and also lies to the south of the District capital. Other important towns here are Bosuso, Osino and Hemang.
With a total land area of 1150 sq.km, Fanteakwa District occupies 7.68% of the total land area within the Region (18310 sq.km) and constitutes 0.48% of the total land area in Ghana.
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A Begoro based youth team, Youth Academy F/C has won the maiden edition of the coveted ‘Crystal Cup’, a tournament organized by Crystal, a German based Non-Governmental Organization.
(BEGORO) FANTEAKWA: New block for Begoro Anglican School The resourcefulness and initiative of a German based Ghanaian, Mr. Kwabena Amfo has seen to the construction of a three-unit classroom block, a computer laboratory and a kindergarten block for the Begoro Anglican Primary/JHS in the Fanteakwa District.
