Offinso

Offinso Offinso New Town
District Capital
Offinso Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 6°56′N 1°40′W / 6.933°N 1.667°W / 6.933; -1.667
Country	Ghana
Region	Ashanti Region
District	Offinso Municipal
Elevation	348 ft (106 m)

Offinso, is a town in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is about fifteen minutes drive from Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region; due to Offinso's proximity to Kumasi, many of the Offinso natives have relocated to Kumasi.^[1]

The indigenous people are Asante (Asantefoɔ) thus the dominance of Asante Culture in the town.^[1]

Offinso is the anglicised version of 'ɔfenso'. The town was named after the River Ofe (ɔfe in Asante) which serves as the boundary for the Offinso South Municipality and Ahenkro, a town in the Afigya Sekyere District also in Ashanti Region.^[1]