Fanteakwa North District is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and forms part of the thirty three (33) Municipalities and Districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

Fanteakwa North District Assembly was established by the Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2346 of 2017 and 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 and it is located exactly at the middle of the Eastern Region  with a total land area of 803 sq.km, Fanteakwa North District occupies 7.68% of the total land area within the Region and constitutes 0.48% of the total land area in Ghana.

It is bounded 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 Municipal to the east and to the south-east by the Yilo Krobo Municipal.

The population of the District according to 2021 population and housing census stands at 56,987 with 28,857 males and 28,130 females.