a) Location and size 
The Municipality covers a total land area of approximately 795.76km². It shares boundaries with Kwahu East and Kwahu Afram- Plains South to the North, Asante-Akim South to the West, the Kwahu West and Abuakwa North Municipalities to the South and Fanteakwa North District to the East. It lies between latitudes 6°35” N and 6° 45”N and longitude 0° 55” W and 0° 20”W.

Figure 1.1: Map of Kwahu South Municipality in Regional and National Context 

Source: KSMA, MPCU, 2021

b) Climate
The Municipality lies within the wet semi equitorial region. It experience the  double maxima rainfall pattern.The Municipality experirnces two main raining seasons,namely major and minor  raining seasons. The major raining season starts from April, reaching its peak in July.On the other hand, the minor raining season starts from Septemter, ending in October/November. The average annual rainfall is between 1580mm and 1,780mm. rainfall intensity decreases towards the Voltarian basin. Mean monthly temperature ranges from as high as 30 degrees Celsius in the dry season to 26 degrees Celsius in the wet season. It is worthy to note that the relatively higher altitude has moderating influence on the local temperature. Relative humidity ranges between 75% and 80%.

c) Vegetation    
The Municipality lies within the semi-decidious forest zone. The vegetation is dense with most trees shedding their leaves in the dry season. Trees of economic value like Milicia Exceslsa (Odum), Sterculia Rhinopetala (wawa), Entandrophragma Cylindericum (sapele) are found in the forest. The forest is made up of three layers namely the upper, middle and lower layers. The forest is however, still in their natural state in the reserve areas. Some of the forests include the southern scarp forest (146.38kmsq), Oworobong South forest (35.54kmsq). Together, the reserve cover a total of 181.92kmsq according to the records obtained from the Forestry Department of the Municipality. 

d) Relief and Drainage 
The Municipality lies within the three physiographic regions, namely the Southern Voltarian Plateau consisting of series of escarpments. Notable among them is the Kwahu Scarp rising from 220m to 640m above sea level. This scarp has two prominent mountains peaks, the Odweanoma and Apaku. The second physiographic region is the Forest Dissected Plateau which consists of steep sided Birimian rocks rising to heights up to 240m above sea level. The third physiographic region, the plains, stretches into the Southern Voltarian Plateau, rising from 60m to 150m above sea level. Among the major rivers that drains the Municipality are the Afram and Pra rivers.  The river Afram is the major tributary of the Volta and flows through the northern border of the Municipality with the Afram plains, while the Pra River takes it source from Kwahu Twenedurase and flows through Kwahu Praso where it leaves the Municipality. 

e) Soils
The classification of soils in the Municipality reveals that they belong to forest ochrosols, and consist of fine sandy loams, congregational loams, non-gravel sandy clay loams and iron pans. These soils possess good chemical properties of clay and appreciable amount of humus, making them generally fertile for the production of both cash and food crops such as cocoa, coffee, plantain, yams, etc.  from the above description of the relief, drainage, climate, vegetation andsoils, it would be realized that the municipality has great potentials for agriculture, tourism and stone quarying.