Tain District

The Tain District is one of 138 districts in Ghana. It is located in the center of Ghana in the Brong- Ahafo Region, where one of 19 regional districts. It is bordered by the districts of Jaman North Jaman South, Berekum, Sunyani Municipal, Wenchi District and Kintampo South in the Brong- Ahafo Region. Tain also borders the Northern Region with their district Bole. Chief Executive of the district with the capital Nsawkaw is ESK Owusu.

The Tain District was divided only by Presidential Decree of 12 November 2003 in 2004 by splitting the former district Wenchi in the smaller new Wenchi District and Tain.

Geography

The district is bordered on the extreme north of the Northern Region. The limit to this is the natural course of the river of the black Volta. Other important rivers are the Tain and the Nyampanie.

A large part of the district is covered with moist forest. Also scrub forest occurs mainly in the north of the district. The average annual temperature is 24.5 o degrees Celsius. Annual maximum temperatures are in the monthly average between 30.9 ° C in February to April and 21.2 ° C in August.

Population

In 2004, the year of establishment of the district, 85 216 people lived in the district. In 2006, estimated that 90 933 in the district resident. During this period, the population growth rate was therefore 3.3 percent annually.

A total of 336 settlements are situated in the district. Only five of these settlements had an urban fabric, Badu with 11,345 inhabitants, Seikwa ( 9196 ), Debibi ( 6427 ), Nsawkaw ( 5569 ) and Brohani ( 5,361 ). All other villages have less than 5000 inhabitants.

THe total population is made up to 49.5 percent of men and 50.5 percent of women. 38.5 percent of the population is under 15 years old. The age group between 15 and 64n years accounts for 53.75 percent of the total population, the age group over 65 is 7.75 percent. A total of 2006 50.741 people lived over 18 years in the district. Of these, 37.6 percent are not married ( single) and 50.3 percent were married. 4.9 percent were divorced and widowed 1.4 percent. Another 4 percent live separately and more than 1.8 percent, the survey provided no details. Although in Ghana 18- year marriage of under prohibited by law, statistical surveys have shown that 0.68 percent of the married under the age of 18.

With a share of 71.6 percent of the followers of the Christian religion in the district are in the majority. From the population count of 16.07 percent to the Muslims, 8 percent are followers of traditional African religions and 4.26 percent of any religious group are associated. Among Christians, Catholics dominate with 48.2 percent, 30.8 percent are Protestants, 21 percent belong to a free church. With a share of 69.35 percent, women by far the largest share of the faith adherents of the Christian religions, only 30.7 percent of Christians are men. A reverse distribution is demonstrated in the followers of Islam and traditional religions.

The predominant population group are the Banafo (also: Banda ).

Economy

Essentially, people are in Tain district farmers or engaged in agriculture. 80.2 percent of the workforce is employed in agriculture, 19.8 percent are employed in other sectors. For example, work 1.4 percent as a driver ( also taxi), 9.2 percent and 0.9 percent are traders operate a beer pub.

On average, people are turning in the district on 52.78 percent of their income on food. Already 85 percent of the income of the average household will be paid in food or other agricultural products.

Education

Overall, 81 percent of children and adolescents of appropriate age groups were enrolled in the district in the school year 2005/2006. Between Kindergarten and Senior Secondary School 61.14 per cent of boys and 38.86 per cent of girls were enrolled in school. In the kindergartens 6,570 children ( 3,356 girls, 3,214 boys) looked after. To put the boy in kindergarten 48.9 percent of students in elementary school, there are already 51.8 percent. In the Senior Secondary School, only 34.8 percent of girls are already 65.2 per cent of pupils boy.

Overall, 34.7 percent of teachers in public schools are designed job specific, 65.3 percent, fachfremd. In the private schools, all teachers are trained fachfremd.

Constituencies

In the district of Tain an eponymous constituency has been established. Here Joe Danquah won for the party New Patriotic Party (NPP ) in the 2004 parliamentary elections the seat in the Ghanaian parliament.

Important towns

• Badu
• Seikwa
• Debibi
• Nsawkaw
• Brohani

• Brodi
• Banda Boase
• Menji
• Atomfoso
• Sabiye

• Mamasa
• Bonga
• Banda Ahenkro
• Kabronu
• Bui