Establishment of the District

The Old Tafo Municipal Assembly was established in November 16, 2017 by Legislative Instrument 2293 to undertake the functions as stated in Section 10 of the Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462) as amended by the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) under Sections 12 and 13.

Old Tafo is the administrative capital and the Municipality is located in the center of the region

Old Tafo Municipal is bounded by Kwabre East Municipality and Afigya Kwabre North District to the north and south respectively and east by Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and to the west by Suame Municipal Assembly. The municipality covers a total land area of approximately 31.13 square kilometre.

It is located between Latitude 6.42oN and 6.45oN and Longitude 1.35oW and 1.37oW and elevated 250 to 300 meters above sea level. It is approximately 270km north of the national capital, Accra.